ROBBERY is yet another British heist film, heavily influenced by the real-life Great Train Robbery which filled headlines a few years previously. Director Peter Yates, of BULLITT fame, does a good job handling the proceedings, injecting the requisite suspense and yes, there's another decent car chase here too. The ensemble cast is spearheaded by a typically tough and taciturn Stanley Baker and features solid turns from the likes of Barry Foster, George Sewell and Frank Finlay. The robbery takes up the second half and is handled realistically with a minimum of intrusive music, and the whole thing is quite engrossing.
Review of Robbery
