The Great Bank Hoax

Nov 1, 1978

1h 27m

★ 4.2

God Bless America. But grab what you can, just in case.

Overview

When the prominent citizens of a small town discover that the officers of the local bank have been embezzling money from it, they decide to rob the bank themselves.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Manny Benchly

Richard Basehart

Julius Taggart

Ned Beatty

Cathy Bonano

Charlene Dallas

Jack Stutz

Burgess Meredith

Reverend Everett Manigma

Michael Murphy

Richard Smedley

Paul Sand

Patricia Potter

Constance Forslund

Maj. Bryer (Ret.)

Arthur Godfrey

Alex Kaiser

John C. Becher

The Sheriff

Guy Le Bow

Deputy Bert

John Lefkowitz

Sara Pennysworth

Bibi Osterwald

A career criminal, Ah Sang, engineers a bank robbery to be carried out by a gang of recruited hoodlums led by himself. It takes only three minutes to complete the robbery of seven million dollars. A special police unit is then formed to investigate the case, and the chief inspector suspects Sang, and begins keeping him under surveillance. In order to stay undetected, each member is specifically ordered to not spend their share of the one million HKD from the heist for six months.

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