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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of the 1963 British Royal Mail robbery, this late '60s British caper film was directed by Peter Yates a year before he made the action classic Bullitt in the States. Opening with an extended jewel theft sequence followed by a action-packed car chase, Robbery details the events before, during, and immediately following the infamous heist. Paul Clifton (Stanley Baker, who also produced) is the main thief who comes up with the idea to steal three million dollars from the overnight mail train that runs from Glasgow to London. While gathering together a crew of thieves, he helps currency expert Robinson (Frank Finlay) break out of jail. The gang successfully holds up the train, takes the money, and retreats to an empty field to divide it up. When Robinson calls his wife on the phone, Inspector George Langdon (James Booth) from Scotland Yard traces the call and arrests them. As the legend goes, one of them manages to escape with the money. Also starring Joanna Pettet, who played Mata Bond in Casino Royale, and a young Robert Powell, who would go on to appear in the crime caper The Italian Job. ...Robbery
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
While Peter Yates' Robbery is a long-awaited release on DVD, the copy is disappointing for not being letterboxed at 1.66 at the very least. Yates was asked to direct Bullitt really because of his achievement with Robbery (in particular, the opening car chase sequence). The film is highly interesting as a character study, a kind of inverse portrait of the British class system wherein the robbers, as represented by the Stanley Baker character, are more stiff-upper-lip, than the London cops (represented here by James Booth).
73 of 76 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It's a five star movie and one of my all time favourites but I have to knock at least a couple of stars off this Optimum release - not because of the film quality but because of the DVD transfer. The Amazon listing doesn't make it clear but you should be aware that this is strictly a full-frame, pan and scan version. Not even full-frame on one side and a letterbox or anamorphic version on the other. I wonder if anyone is ever going to get wise to what the legions of fans of this film are looking for? All we want is to see it the way it was originally meant to be seen and the way we all saw it on the big screen back in 1967. How hard can that be?
50 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Can`t believe it`s not widescreen.Thought we`d got past this point after 10 years of dvd.
11 Mar 2008
Format:DVD
Superb film which has been languishing on a long deleted video but after many years of waiting we get a half-baked dvd release.What a shame!!!!
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Robbery [DVD]
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I ORDERED TWO(2) DVDS FROM AMAZON.CO.UK.
COST, SHIPPING, RECEIVE DATE ALL GREAT; EXCEPT
THEY WILL NOT PLAY IN THE USA!! Read more
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I ORDERED TWO(2) DVDS FROM AMAZON.CO.UK.
COST, SHIPPING, RECEIVE DATE ALL GREAT; EXCEPT
THEY WILL NOT PLAY IN THE USA!! Read more
Published 1 month ago by martyV
A Real Gem
I confess I'd never even heard of this film before I watched it. As a fan of the films of Stanley Baker, I was looking to buy "Hell Drivers" and this came up as another film I... Read more
Published 1 month ago by N. Carson
Brilliant Film
It's not often I give 5 stars but I really enjoyed this film.
Sweeney-like in its production, shot entirely on film. Read more
Sweeney-like in its production, shot entirely on film. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. P. Fixter
Fascinating and watchable again and again
Could not wait to get the wrapper off this cd to watch it. It was amazing to watch and funnily enough a film based on a true story that you can watch over and over again. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bea
Wet afternoon film
I can truly saw, the only decent thing in this film is the cars. I just couldn't get into this film. Poor plot with decent actors.
Published 6 months ago by Ms. Nicola J. Booth
the best we are going to get
This is one of the most influential movie`s of the late sixies for two reason`s,1,the director was chosen by none other than Steve Mcqueen to make Bullitt after he saw the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mrgvase
Pulse pounding heist thriller
A daring plan of hijacking a mail train carrying several million pounds is carefully put into motion by a master thief (Stanley Baker). Read more
Published 11 months ago by The CinemaScope Cat
It looks just fine, folks
The format many british classics were originally presented in theaters is 1.66:1. For VHS they were then cropped to fit old time tv-sets in the format 1.33:1. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Krokfors
Robbery
Hardly ever seen on television and Only recently avaliable on DVD this is one of the best British action films from the 1960s. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Milcon
Have spoken to Optimum regarding 'Robbery'
Brilliant film. Very disappoining that the DVD in not in 1.85:1. Worse still, I have communicated with Optimum who advise that there are 'no plans' to re-release in correct aspect... Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2010 by Harry Palmer
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