Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry along with a treasure trove of di... Read allMartine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry along with a treasure trove of dirty secrets.Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry along with a treasure trove of dirty secrets.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Rupert Frazer
- Lord Drysdale
- (as Rupert Fraser)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRoger Donaldson said one of the most difficult days of filming was when he filmed the brothel scene. The scene called for the women to be walking around wearing only garters. However, Donaldson said that when he went to film the scene he discovered that most of the women shaved their genitals, which would have been anachronistic for 1971. So the actresses had to wear pubic wigs called "merkins." This caused a problem because the merkins were hard to secure in place and kept slipping, causing Donaldson much aggravation.
- GoofsAlthough the film is set in 1971, signs on various shop doors seen in the film advertise that credit cards "Visa" and "Mastercard" are accepted. The name "Visa" was not used for the charge card before 1977 (replacing Barclaycard in the UK); "Mastercard" was "Master Charge" until 1979.
- Quotes
Sonia Bern: [to police officer] The whole point of having a safe deposit box is so that people like you don't know what's in it!
- Crazy creditsDisclaimer: "The names of many people identified in this film have been changed to protect the guilty."
- SoundtracksGet It On
Written by Marc Bolan
Performed by T. Rex
Westminster Music Ltd
Administered by Essex Music of Australia Pty Ltd
Licensed courtesy of Straight Ahead Productions
Featured review
A good-old caper film
The Bank Job is a good-old caper film both in narrative and execution, made by filmmakers who were trying to recapture not only the aura and atmosphere of the 1970s London, but also to a large degree the production values and tone of classical narrative films of the said period. And the result is a tight, entertaining and to a large degree stimulating film with enough strings to pull and a decent knowledge of how and when to pull them. The direction by seasoned filmmaker Roger Donaldson is dependable, and the large cast of characters work well to drive the narrative forward as if the film was a high-scale BBC production. Despite an alleged royal scandal, some clever twists and an insipid love triangle, The Bank Job will probably not stay with you for very long, but it delivers on what it promises while it's there.
- fredrikgunerius
- Oct 17, 2023
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Vụ Cướp Thế Kỷ
- Filming locations
- Aldwych Underground Railway Station, Surrey Street, Aldwych, Westminster, Greater London, England, UK(train and station scenes)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,060,660
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,935,256
- Mar 9, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $64,828,421
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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