The Hot Rock Page #6

Synopsis: Dr. Amusa approaches Dortmunder about a valuable gem in a museum that is of great signifigance to his people in Africa, stolen during colonial times. Dortmunder assembles a crack team of cat burglars and hatches an elaborate plan for stealing the gem. Despite their care and experience, circumstances and plain bad luck keep the gem just out of their reach.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Peter Yates
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
GP
Year:
1972
101 min
739 Views


- When?

- He says right away.

- Yeah, well, I can't now.

Miasmo says the longer I wait,

the better the chances

of its wearing off.

I've gotta hit the bank

right after opening.

All right. All right.

I'll take care of it.

I just keep wondering what's

gonna screw up this time.

- Where is Dortmunder?

- He couldn't make it.

That's typical of your efficiency.

- Ask for four, I get three.

- What was so important?

- I'm firing you and I thought

you'd want to know.

- What?

I've been convinced

I could do better elsewhere.

Doctor, after all the risks

we took for you, how can you

double-cross us like this?

Sir, I'm a man of honor

and a patriot...

and I wish you would not

speak to me that way.

If I had intended

anything underhanded...

I would hardly have brought you here

to explain it to your face.

Come along, Abe.

We really must go.

The bank will be open soon.

You were convinced by him?

America is a country

based on free enterprise...

and I'm merely

underselling you, that's all.

Don't expect me for any more

Sunday dinners, Dad.

Dillinger.

Y-You never intended paying us

from the beginning.

I've done nothing but

pay you from the beginning.

Between my expenses and your per diem,

it's come to $12,000.

Which, considering the caliber

of your work, is ample payment indeed.

You Americans, all you ever

think about is money, money, money.

I've heard

of the habitual criminal, of course...

but I never dreamed I'd become

involved with the habitual crime.

Your key, sir.

I can take it to an alcove

if you'd prefer privacy.

That won't be necessary.

Okay.

- Thank you. It wasn't so long.

- "No, sir."

Afghanistan banana stand.

Yes, sir?

We'll open this box now.

Yes, sir.

I can take it to an alcove

if you'd prefer privacy, sir.

Please.

Just call when you're through, sir.

Okay.

- Your key, sir.

- Thank you.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Yeah!

-

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William Goldman

William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist, before turning to writing for film. He has won two Academy Awards for his screenplays, first for the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and again for All the President's Men (1976), about journalists who broke the Watergate scandal of President Richard Nixon. Both films starred Robert Redford. more…

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