The Brink's Job (1978) on Netflix
PG19781h 44mComedyCrimeDramaHistory
Small-time Boston thief Tony Pino learns that Brink's security is laxer than its reputation. He and his crew rob an armored car, then plan a job at the company's North End headquarters.
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- Netflix3.4/5
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Plot summary
In 1950 Boston, the private security company Brink's is known for the unbreachable security of its headquarters in the North End. Small-time crook Tony Pino stumbles on the fact that the building is far less protected than its reputation suggests. He and his crew rob a parked Brink's armored car of more than $100,000. Dressed as a spark plug salesman, Tony walks inside and finds that almost no doors are locked and the alarm in the vault room is cheap. From a neighboring rooftop he watches the building and gathers a gang: his brother-in-law Vinnie Costa, Jazz Maffie, Specs O'Keefe and fence Joe McGinnis, whose inclusion the others resent.
Cast
- Patrick Hinesas H. H. Rightmire
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Brink's Job (1978)
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- In August 1978, 15 unedited reels of the film were stolen at gunpoint. The $1 million ransom was never paid because the robbers had hijacked outtakes and dailies; the film was replaced with no significant delay, and their ransom call triggered an FBI investigation.
- During production, conflicts with Teamsters Union members led to four indictments and two convictions of Teamsters for attempts to solicit non-existent jobs.
- The film is based on the real 1950 Brink's robbery in Boston, in which robbers stole $2.7 million in cash, checks and government securities, and on Noel Behn's book Big Stick-Up at Brinks.
