Bloody Friday

Apr 28, 1972

1h 34m

★ 5.7

When terrorists rob a Bank… all hell is let loose!

Overview

Womanizing thug Klett is sprung from the courthouse by two accomplices, then sets about planning the big heist of a local bank, equipped with a cache of high-powered weapons he's acquired from an American army outpost. Together with his faithful protégé, who reluctantly on-boards his young girlfriend and her AWOL brother, the quartet bumble their way through the supposedly full-proof plan that aims to deliver them a cool million in cash and a new life in Australia. Predictably, things deteriorate quickly at every turn.

Genres

Crime

Action

Thriller

Production Companies

Divina-Film

Cineproduzioni Daunia 70

Lisa Film

Bloody Friday Trailers

Cast

Heinz Klett

Raimund Harmstorf

Christian Hofbauer

Amadeus August

Luigi Belloni

Gianni Macchia

Heidi Hofbauer

Christine Böhm

Ernst Pylobar

Ernst H. Hilbich

Marie Lotzmann

Gila von Weitershausen

Dagmar Neuss

Daniela Giordano

Walter Lotzmann

Walter Buschhoff

Dr. Mayer-Lippe

Horst Naumann

Fast Food Operator

Willy Schultes

Luigi's Boss

Rolf Olsen

Helga Radtke

Renate Roland

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