Loophole Page #3

Synopsis: When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
Director(s): John Quested
Production: Anchor Bay Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.9
PG
Year:
1981
105 min
113 Views


I just need some more time.

- You had time. Whets it led to?

More expenditure as far as I can see.

All the more of this out.

- I thought we greed.

- I know. But I am afraid it can't be helped.

I am sorry. Won't do.

We have been very patient.

The bank can't afford to support you any longer.

- I don't know what else I can do.

- Find some money.

- Have you got your cheque book with you?

- Yes!

Thank you!

- But I have signed Stephen

- Well I am sorry it

Don't be ridiculous how can I?

- We don't have any choice.

- Stephen, the whole thing has gone through.

- Don't worry about it.

I will call David to explain.

- Explain?

- Yes explain

- What do you explain?

What about the deposit?

What about the lease.

What about the stock I bought?

- Honey! I am really very sorry.

Sorry!

- Well what else you want me to say?

You could have just told me about it

instead of just saying I quit.

There is nothing to tell you Darling.

The job doesn't exist anymore.

What was this job anyway?

What is it?

Did you ever actually have one?

- What do you mean?

How do I know about it? You never

tell me anything. You never share with me.

- You could have just made it up.

- Oh! For Christ's sake Diana.

- What about the advance you kept talking about?

- I turned it down.

- You what?

- I turned it down.

- Stephen, are you crazy?

- I don't know, but at least I am honest.

And I have still got my integrity.

Since you don't tell me anything about it

I can't judge that.

There are bills to be paid. The school fees

that are due.

Mathews is really doing well now

What I am suppose to do now. Take him out?

Stephen, I made a commitment.

Oh no. You said. Don't pull out.

I am so terribly talented.

Well it bloody well hasn't.

Steve! I want to show you something.

Get into the car.

Good Morning! - Good morning Sir!

- Do I have to sign Mr.Brooker in? - No..

How many boxes do you think there are?

- 600 to 800 I guess.

1264..

Oh excuse me I am sorry.

Its bad manners to stand.

Uncut stones, jewelry.. Money which some people wouldn't admit having.. You know what I mean

Stamp collections.. Deeds ... securities..

Old love letters maybe.

Present to great great grandmother

when she was a child.

It's amazing what people treasure. This is

supposed to be the safest vault in London.

Impregnable.. Mind you I always maintain

What man can make. Man can break.

That's why I don't keep too much here myself.

- Why are you so persistent with me?

- Because you are the man I need.

Fancy a cup of tea?

Come on..

- Shout if you want more hot water.

- Thanks Vella!

- We wont get caught...

- I wonder how many times that's been said before.

I have been planning this job for 2 years.

I wont say that there is no risk...

But believe me, its very minimum.

You take milk? - Yes.

Isn't there a chance that

somebody can get hurt?

I normally work with 2 people. And in a job

this size, we bring in another team.

In this case 3.

That makes 6 professionals.

Now I don't believe in violence.

I would never use guns on off shotguns.

And I would never associate myself with

anybody that did.

Thank you..

- Just one-week end?

- Yeah!

What happens afterwards?

- The money is laundered; it's put wherever you want.

- No I mean between us

- Partnership dissolves. Unless you like the work.

- You want some ginger cake?

- No, thank you.

I have got as much to loose as you have.

I intend to see my children growing up.

Do you know how many assistants?

They have in there?

Infrared beams ... radio frequency waves...

Patrol visits day and night.

This month it is going to be worse, because

the whole building is modernized.

So we don't want to be hanging around?

The vault door. 24 inches of laminated steel

with a matrix, that's torch and drill resistant.

Combination time locks.. Isolated bolt works

which means

That when the placed is locked up

for the week end

The connection between the handle

and the bolt is broken ..

And it stays that way until the time it is

set to open up again, in the Monday morning.

- So how are you going to blow it then?

- No I am not.

Because inside the vault there is a

pressure differential alarm.

The second the air pressure changes

even with the smallest opening

An alarm goes off in the local police station

and the police is swarming with

Our friends in blue and private securities.

And that's precisely the reason

why no one had tried to blow it before.

- There is a loophole.

- I don't understand?

- Your turn.

This is a diagram of part of

The Greater London sewerage system.

In the vicinity we will be working on. Some of

these underground tunnels are quite large, in fact

You can drive a truck along this one

from here to the Fleet street.

Not that anybody would want to do that

I suppose. Anyway this is a...

A more detailed drawing

of the area we are most interested in

The blue lines are the subway systems.

This is of course the bank

This is our point of entrance... and over here

In the car park is our point of exit.

It's going to look different. This is the immediate

sewer system of the area we will be working.

It's called the northern lower level outfall.

This now you see, is our point of entrance.

We will proceed along this tunnel on the west.

Then go north into the

Then we will proceed through the weir

to a smaller tunnel here..

north again, all the way through

to this junction here.

We will proceed from this junction

to this much smaller tunnel here

This is the one we are after.

The most important one.

Because it leads to within 15 feet

of the base of the vault.

And the vault itself is situated just

20 feet below the surface of the street.

So it's theoretically possible for us, to tunnel in

through sewer, to area, directly beneath the vault.

Of course I will have to calculate yet,

precisely where that area will be.

I do have a line drawing of the vault itself

you can see here the vault rests on a

2-foot thick concrete foundation

with reinforced steel bars

And that in turn rests on these

2 and half-foot concrete pilings.

We will have to go through this piling here.

with jack hammers, through the clay

And to the base of the concrete itself and

blast away through the floor. Any questions?

You say its in here, along the.. here ...

- Right. - Whets the difference?

This sewer here is far too narrow

to accommodate all of our equipments.

Okay, why not go out the same way

as we went in? Its gotta be quicker isn't it?

This entrance is a manhole in the middle

of a public street. You didn't know that?

- Okay you think this will work?

- You bet.

- Satisfied?

- No..

You left out one important thing..

The pressure alarm inside the vault.

You yourself said that it will blow

the second, we enter into it.

- That's right.

- Then whets the point? If the place swarmed by guards.

There will be no sign of entry. They will assume

it is a fault in the system. It happens all the times.

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Jonathan Hales

Jonathan Hales (born 10 May 1937) is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is noted for his work with Lucasfilm, including The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. more…

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