Loophole

1981
PG
1h 45m

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6.0/10

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When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.

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When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's ... Read allWhen architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.

Director
- John Quested
Writers
- Jonathan Hales
- Robert Pollock
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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Quested
Writers
- Jonathan Hales
- Robert Pollock
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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This premiered theatrically in the UK in March 1981 and was the main Christmas Day movie on the BBC that December. At a time when the theatrical window between cinema debut and TV broadcast was 3-5 years, this was highly irregular.

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[They] have set up detectors in the sewers which turn red when toxic gas is detected. Sure enough, one of the robbers is overcome by gas and as he subsequently loses consciousness there is a shot of him covered with rats. The rats, however, would appear to be immune to the gas.

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Excellent heist film

This movie is really faithful to the Robert Pollock's novel, written eight years before. The only book written by this novelist. A book that - according to the legend - inspired Albert Spaggiari to prepare and pull the famous world known Nice - France - bank heist, in July 1976, where the gangsters used the sewers net, the big city intestines, to drill a tunnel and then have access to the safe deposit room. It was a really terrific and terrifying adventure, that Jose Giovanni put on screen in 1979 in LES EGOUTS DU PARADIS. Back to this one, it is very realistic, because Spaggiari and his men could have had the very same problem as the gangsters here...I won't spoil any further.... I like the characters and all the details shown here concerning the preparation and the heist itself. I love the ending, but I understand that many people do not.