The Hot Rock (1972)
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Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 3
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Peter Yates directs the early '70s comedy caper The Hot Rock, based on the Donald Westlake novel and adapted for the screen by William Goldman. Robert Redford stars as John Archibald Dortmunder, a former jewel thief just released from prison. His brother-in-law, Andrew Kelp (George Segal), recruits him to steal a diamond from a museum. They are hired by Dr. Amusa (Moses Gunn), an ambassador from Central Fatawi, whose people consider the stone to be sacred. John and Andrew assemble a team with
Jan 26, 1972 Wide
May 20, 2003
20th Century Fox
Cast
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Robert Redford
Dortmunder -
George Segal
Kelp -
Ron Leibman
Murch -
Paul Sand
Greenberg -
Zero Mostel
Abe Greenberg -
Moses Gunn
Dr. Amusa -
Seth Allen
Happy Hippie -
George Bartenieff
Museum Guard -
Harry Bellaver
Rollo the Bartender -
Ed Bernard
Policeman -
Frederic Cook
Otto -
Graham Jarvis
Warden -
Robert Levine
Cop at Police Station -
Gilbert Lewis
Museum Guard #1 -
Charlotte Rae
Ma Murch -
William Redfield
Lt. Hoover -
Topo Swope
Sis -
Lee Wallace
Dr. Strauss -
Robert Weil
Albert -
Charles White
Policeman -
Christopher Guest
Policeman -
Mark Dawson
Big Museum Guard -
Lynne Gordon
Miasmo
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Foreign Titles
- How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons (UK)
