Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) on Netflix
Vaudevillians Harry Dighby and Walter Hill land in jail after Dighby robs audience members. Their cellmate, charming bank robber Adam Worth, is planning a robbery at the Lowell Bank and Trust.
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Plot summary
Harry Dighby and Walter Hill are struggling vaudevillians. Dighby is caught robbing audience members, and both men are sent to jail. Their cellmate is Adam Worth, a cultured and wealthy bank robber who has bribed the warden for a large cell, furnishings and servants. Worth is preparing to rob the Lowell Bank and Trust, a bank said to be perfectly secure. The newspaperwoman Lissa Chestnut visits the cell.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
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- Columbia's president David Begelman wanted the film to be another The Sting and hoped Jack Nicholson would take a lead, before Michael Caine, Elliott Gould and James Caan were signed, with Diane Keaton added as the female lead.
- James Caan later dubbed the film "Harry and Walter Go to the Toilet" and sacked his management after making the movie.
- Lesley Ann Warren, who appeared in the film, says she was unable to get a job for years afterwards.
- The film's producers researched the period and decided to focus on safe crackers, then made Harry and Walter vaudevillians after watching a TV special on Scott Joplin.
- Writer John Byrum sold the script that became Harry and Walter Go to New York for $500,000; at that point it was called simply Harry and Walter.
