Robbery (1967) on Netflix
Career criminal Paul Clifton plans to rob a Royal Mail train carrying millions south from Glasgow. Inspector George Langdon works the jewel robbery that financed the gang.
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Plot summary
A gang knocks out a car's occupant with a gas canister and bundles him into a stolen ambulance, where a briefcase of jewelry is cut free. A high-speed police chase follows, and the criminals change vehicles and get away. Crime boss Paul Clifton uses the money from that job to build a team for a far larger one: a Royal Mail train running south from Glasgow with millions aboard. Jack, the getaway driver in the jewelry theft, is picked out at an identity parade and arrested, though he will not name his accomplices, and gang member Robinson has to be broken out of prison. Inspector George Langdon works the jewel robbery and, through informers, learns of the bigger heist.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Robbery (1967)
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- Joseph Levine, whose company funded Robbery, asked for an American mastermind to be written into the robbery so the film would appeal to US audiences. Three days of scenes featuring Jason Robards were shot on Long Island using Levine's own yacht, and then the footage was dropped.
- The location-shot car chase at the start of Robbery was seen by Steve McQueen and led him and producer Philip D'Antoni to approve Yates as the director of Bullitt.
- To avoid legal problems, the details of the 25-minute robbery sequence in Robbery were taken entirely from court evidence, while the rest of the film was fictitious speculation. Stanley Baker said they had to make sure there was no risk of accidental identification with anyone.
- George Raft was set to have a role in Robbery but could not take it after he was refused entry into the UK.
- A reported £20,000 was spent on legal fees to make sure the script for Robbery was written in a way that would not attract lawsuits.
- Baker attributed the fact that they could make Robbery at all to the co operation of John Treveleyan, the censor.
