The Hard Word (2002) on Netflix
Dale Twentyman leads his brothers Shane and Mal as armed robbers. The three are in jail when a bold heist is offered to them.
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Trailer
Plot summary
Dale Twentyman leads his brothers Shane Twentyman and Mal Twentyman. The three are sophisticated armed robbers who work with corrupt police. Frank Malone is the lawyer who has handled their affairs for a long time. All three brothers are in jail when they are offered a role in a bold heist based on the Great Bookie Robbery of 1976. Dale's wife, Carol Twentyman, is on the outside.
Cast
- Torquil Neilsonas Mick
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Hard Word (2002)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film's central heist reworks the 1976 Great Bookie Robbery, the real Australian crime, with a number of variations that include the murders of several people.
- A few times in the film, characters speak a form of speech called butcher talk, written in the article as "rehctub klat", and the film turns to hard-coded subtitles at those moments.
