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Ed Begley is a disgruntled ex-cop with a plan to get himself out of poverty -- steal $50 grand from a hick upstate NY bank. Only problem is that the men he needs to help him do it -- Belafonte as a gambling debt ridden musician and Ryan as a racist veteran -- hate each others' guts. Winters appears as Ryan's hard-working girlfriend (his pride is crippled by his dependence on her) and Grahame as his bored, frousy neighbor. Ryan is particularly good at bringing his character to life -- the scene where he pulls a rifle on a rabbit, seems to let it go when it sits still, and then shoots it as it runs away speaks volumes about his character, as does his generally nervous manner. Only the ending is something of a letdown, as Belafonte and Ryan unconvincingly let their hatred take precedence over even self-preservation, rushing onto the largest objects in sight to battle. The fact that a lot of tension was built up along the way makes this a good movie, but the payoff is not as good as the buildup.
Ed Begley is a disgruntled ex-cop with a plan to get himself out of poverty -- steal $50 grand from a hick upstate NY bank. Only problem is that the men he needs to help him do it -- Belafonte as a gambling debt ridden musician and Ryan as a racist veteran -- hate each others' guts. Winters appears as Ryan's hard-working girlfriend (his pride is crippled by his dependence on her) and Grahame as his bored, frousy neighbor. Ryan is particularly good at bringing his character to life -- the scene where he pulls a rifle on a rabbit, seems to let it go when it sits still, and then shoots it as it runs away speaks volumes about his character, as does his generally nervous manner. Only the ending is something of a letdown, as Belafonte and Ryan unconvincingly let their hatred take precedence over even self-preservation, rushing onto the largest objects in sight to battle. The fact that a lot of tension was built up along the way makes this a good movie, but the payoff is not as good as the buildup.