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Synopsis: Tom and Joe are disillusioned New York City cops who decide to pull off one big robbery and retire on the proceeds. Bearer bonds are what the local Mafia boss will buy, so that's what they go for. Central Park is the location for the switch. Can they come out of it with their lives and the money ?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Aram Avakian
Production: United Artists
 
IMDB:
6.4
PG
Year:
1973
89 min
309 Views


we want, huh?

Pull off, like,

a fantastic score.

You know,

something really big?

Like what?

Who cares?

The city's full of money.

We take our pick.

One job, one million bucks.

We get in, we get out.

A million bucks?

l'm serious, Joe.

Something really big.

l get a thrill

just thinking about it.

Anything we want, huh?

One job,

one million bucks.

Can you imagine?

A million bucks?

Hey, l wonder what

the Chinese would pay...

if we kidnaped

their ambassador?

The Chinese don't

have an ambassador.

The U.N. guy.

Are you kidding?

Why not?

They've got

American money.

Where the hell

are we gonna stash...

the Chinese Ambassador?

ln the garage.

ln your garage.

OK, one day my garage,

one day your garage.

We don't want something

we have to give back.

We want something we can

turn over real fast...

and we need a buyer.

Someone with

a lot of money.

Yeah.

A nice, rich person.

What's your name?

Come on, Randy,

you know my name.

Big Tony?

Anthony Morall.

What's your occupation,

Anthony?

What'd you say?

What do you do

for a living?

Wholesale meat.

-A butcher?

-That's right.

Ed, will you

hold this for me...

while l print that guy?

What's your name?

Patsy O'Neill.

You didn't have to

pull me in.

All you had to do

was reach out.

l would have come.

We know that.

What's your occupation,

Mr. O'Neill?

l buy and l sell.

You buy and you sell.

A salesman.

Salesman.

All he had on him

was this piece, boss.

Sit down.

You're wearing a wig.

The feds

take movies here.

l don't want

to be identified.

Mustache phony, too?

Looks better

than the rug.

You tell me you got

no papers on you, huh?

No wallet,

driver's license, nothing.

l don't want you

to know who l am.

You're a cop, right?

Right.

And you came here

all by yourself?

Right.

We don't take

no defectors.

l'm not offering

to enlist.

But you want to do

something for me, right?

l want to

sell you something...

for $2 million cash.

What bullshit

is this, huh?

Fast talker, boss.

Look, l'm a cop.

l got a friend

who's a cop, right?

We can go anywhere

in New York...

and get you

anything you want...

if you just

tell us what it is...

you'll pay $2 million for,

and you see if it's bullshit.

You want to rob

something for me, right?

That you'll pay

and that we can handle.

There isn't a D.A.

in the world...

would be

dumb enough to...

to set this up.

This has got to be

your own thing.

How can you get hurt?

l don't have

a recorder on me...

and if l did,

it's entrapment.

You know that

as well as l do.

Securities.

Securities?

Treasury bonds,

bearer bonds.

l don't want anything

with a name on it.

lf the certificate has

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Donald E. Westlake

Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer, with over a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction and other genres. He was a three-time Edgar Award winner, one of only three writers (the others are Joe Gores and William L. DeAndrea) to win Edgars in three different categories (1968, Best Novel, God Save the Mark; 1990, Best Short Story, "Too Many Crooks"; 1991, Best Motion Picture Screenplay, The Grifters). In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America named Westlake a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by the society. more…

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