The Split (1968)
Genre: Action / Crime
Duration: 91 minuten
Alternative title: Misdaad Is Ons Beroep
Country:
United States
Directed by: Gordon Flemyng
Stars: Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll and
IMDb score:
6,0 (1.720)
Releasedate: 4 November 1968
The Split plot
"No wonder they're happy. They just stole a half-million dollars in front of a hundred-thousand witnesses... But watch what happens when it's time for The Split!"
A band of thugs plans a heist at a football stadium's greenhouse with a large loot waiting for them. The carefully planned venture goes smoothly, but instead, dramas ensue around the half-million looted afterwards.
Actors and actresses
McClain
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy
Bert Clinger
Lt. Walter Brill
Harry Kifka
Marty Gough
Herb Sutro
Dave Negli
Jenifer
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 13235 messages
- 11125 votes
A well-made caper movie with a strong cast, including quite a few familiar names. The structure isn't exactly new: a brief introduction to the team members, the preparations, the heist itself, and the final twist. But it's an easy watch, and the scenes in a packed football stadium look good.
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klara
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- 814 messages
- 20367 votes
It's nice to see so many familiar names in this unknown film (including Ernest Borgnine)
and they all come across well. The film is not special, but thanks to the good acting and a
attractive progression makes the film worth watching.
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blurp194
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- 5543 messages
- 4226 votes
A year before Riot (1969), Jim Brown and Gene Hackman collaborated on this film, and a year before that, Brown and Donald Sutherland were in The Dirty Dozen. Just to let you know, it's been quite a while. I was about two when this film came out.
The best part, by far, about ticking off all the films GeneHackman has worked on is finding these kinds of gems. This film seems like the original of all those deadly dull Ocean's movies—but this one has a decent story, believable characters, a good narrative, and a great soundtrack. Much more worthwhile than all the talentless copies that were made later.
Perhaps the strongest point is Quincy Jones's superb soundtrack. It's not quite Blaxploitation, but the atmosphere comes close—and besides that, the whole film just works. It's right, it's vibrant, it has a purpose.
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