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Synopsis: Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Michael Hoffman
Production: Orion Classics
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.2
PG
Year:
1985
90 min
563 Views


PLEASE GET ALL:

YOUR CASH AND JEWELRY

READY FOR COLLECTION.

THANK YOU.

THANKS. I'M SO SORRY.

THANKS.

THEY WERE MY MOTHER'S.

I'M SO SORRY.

AND WATCHES.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

[WHIMPERS]

THANK YOU.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

[SPEAKS FRENCH]

THANK YOU. THANKS.

THANKS.

HEY, KID.

STAY CALM, OK?

[CHUCKLING]

TAKE IT EASY.

[SNIFFS] NOW, JUS TAKE IT EASY.

NOBODY'S GONNA

GET HURT.

GIVE IT UP, SMARTASS.

[HORN BEEPS]

[SNEEZE]

Will:
GOD BLESS YOU.

ACHOO!

ACHOO!

Ronnie:

THAT WASN'T SO BAD.

HURRAY!

WHOO!

[SHOUTS]

STEAKS.

STEAKS THAT THICK.

WITH MASHED:

POTATOES.

NO. TRIMMED

POTATOES.

PEAS AND ONION:

RINGS.

AND CHOCOLATE:

MILKSHAKES.

CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKES.

AND BRANDY EVERY DAY.

WHAT DID YOU PU IN THAT PUFFER?

IT WAS BRILLIANT.

ITCHING POWDER,

SNEEZING POWDER,

CURRY POWDER,

ATHLETE'S

FOOT POWDER,

AND SOME STUFF I GO OUT OF AN OLD FIREWORK.

BUT HOW DID YOU KNOW

IT WOULD WORK?

WELL, I TESTED IT,

DIDN'T I?

I TESTED IT ON ALLY

MATHEWSON'S WEE BROTHER.

HEY, THAT WEE BRANDY YOU

GOT IS REALLY...5 STAR.

COST TWO DAYS'

WAGES, THOUGH.

BUT NEVER MIND.

I CAN GO DOWN TO

THE PACKING SHOP

TOMORROW AND GET A KIT.

NO.

IT'S TERRIBLE NOW.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN' DO ANYTHING.

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

IF WE START SPENDING

ALL THIS MONEY,

THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW,

AREN'T THEY?

EVERYBODY KNOWS:

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.

[SIGHS]

MAYBE WE COULD:

START A FUND.

YOU KNOW, LIKE A PENSION

FUND FOR FOOTBALLERS

WHEN THEY GET PAST IT.

THEN WE COULD DO

SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.

AYE.

SOMETHING REALLY

SPECIAL.

OH, WELL, ACTUALLY,

ACTUALLY,

I'VE BEEN THINKING

OF SOMETHING:

ALONG THOSE LINES.

ANYWAY, PAL, IT'S NO THE MONEY THAT MATTERS

ANYMORE, IT'S ME

AND YOU.

WE'RE BIGGER THAN...

WE'RE BIGGER,

BIGGER THAN SOMETHING

REALLY, REALLY BIG.

WE'VE MADE IT.

THIS IS THE BIG TIME.

THE BIG TIME.

I AM NOT HOLDING UP

ANY TRAINS.

GOOD MORNING, SON.

GOOD MORNING.

I TAKE IT WE ARE

TO BELIEVE THA YOUR CEASELESS QUES FOR AN HONEST DAY'S WORK

HAS ONCE MORE:

BEEN IN VAIN.

UM...

UH-HUH.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT, SON.

YOU DID BRING I ON YOUR BLOODY SELF.

HOW IS RONNIE:

GETTING ON IN THE SHOP?

ENJOYING IT, IS HE?

AYE, YES.

GOOD WEE RONNIE.

HAH!

POLICE ARE TODAY SEARCHING

FOR TWO YOUNG SCOTS

WHO HELD UP AND ROBBED

A COACHLOAD OF TOURISTS

ON A REMOTE:

HIGHLAND ROAD.

[CHUCKLES]

AIN'T IT A BEAUTY.

TAKE IT, MAN.

DISGUISED AS A CLOWN

AND A WOLFMAN,

THEY TOOK AN ESTIMATED

600 IN CASH

AND AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY

OF VALUABLES:

FROM THE 40

FRIGHTENED PASSENGERS

BEFORE RIDING OFF AT HIGH

SPEED INTO THE HILLS AGAIN.

THAT'S TERRIBLE.

THAT'S BLOODY CLEVER.

BUT DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S

A REALLY BAD THING TO DO,

TO TAKE OTHER:

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