After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.After ten years in prison to protect a mafia family, Duke Anderson is released and he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
- Edward Spencer
- (as Dick Williams)
- Werner Gottlieb
- (as Richard B. Schull)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe T.P.F. Insignia on Garrett Morris' collar is for "Tactical Patrol Force", an N.Y.P.D. unit formed in 1959.
- GoofsWhen the grappling hook is first thrown, many scratches are visible from previous takes.
- Quotes
Anderson: What's advertising but a legalized con game? And what the hell's marriage? Extortion, prostitution, soliciting with a government stamp on it. And what the hell's your stock market? A fixed horse race. Some business guy steals a bank, he's a big success story. Face in all the magazines. Some other guy steals the magazine and he's busted.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sean Connery: A BAFTA Tribute (1990)
I can't help thinking that the TV guide critics are somewhat underwhelmed by certain stereotypical aspects of the movie . Take for example the getaway driver who is black . There seems to have been an attitude in the early 70s that white men can't drive , see also DIRTY HARRY . But I think it's homosexuality rather than race that upsets some TV guide critics . Oh come on chaps , it's a fun thriller not some Derek Jarman art house ego trip and lines like :
" Describe him ? Fifty . Slightly podgy . Fag "
and
" Do as your told and my man will keep his weapon in his pants "
" I'll be the judge of that "
are actually amusing in a mainstream way . It might be politically correct to laugh at these things nowadays but at the time of the original caused a wry smile .
And we get to see a very early performance by Christopher Walken before he became known as " Dead Career Ham Walken "
- Theo Robertson
- Sep 13, 2004
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- Also known as
- Der Anderson Clan
- Filming locations
- 1 East 91st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Italian Palazzo)
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
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