The Big Job

The Big Job

6.7IMDb Score
Released:1965-10-05
Duration:88 min
Director:Gerald Thomas
Actors:Sidney James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery, Joan Sims, Lance Percival
Production:Peter Rogers Productions

Overview:

A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.

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