$ (Dollars) (The Heist)

1971

$ (Dollars) (The Heist)

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Originally billed as merely $, Dollars stars top box office draws Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn. Beatty plays a security whiz, employed in Hamburg, Germany. He devises a clever method of robbing the secret bank vaults of notorious criminals, reasoning that the crooks will never turn to the cops. The notion that the crooks may have a few words to say to him does not dissuade Beatty as he and gold-hearted hooker Hawn work out their carefully calculated, meticulously timed robbery.

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Cast

Warren Beatty
as Joe Collins
Goldie Hawn
as Dawn Divine
Gert Fröbe
as Mr. Kessel
Robert Webber
as Attorney
Scott Brady
as Sarge
Arthur Brauss
as Candy Man
Robert Stiles
as Major
Elizabeth Ashley
Wolfgang Kieling
as Granich
Howard Duff
Christopher George
Robert Herron
as Bodyguard
Christiane Maybach
as Helga
Hans Hutter
as Karl
Monica Stender
as Berta
Françoise Blanc
as Stripper
Horst Hesslein
as Bruno
Wolfgang Kuhlman
as Fur Coat
Klaus Tschichan
as Knife Man
Tove Platon
as Customs
Kirsten Lahman
as Customs
Darrell Armstrong
as Associated Press Reporter
Walter Trott
as Stars and Stripes Reporter
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Critic Reviews for $ (Dollars) (The Heist)

All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2)

  • The comedy sits uneasily with the admittedly efficient action scenes, although at least here we have none of the usual Brooks sermonising to dilute the brew.

    Apr 8, 2008 | Full Review…

    Geoff Andrew

    Time Out
    Top Critic

  • Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn are weirdly interesting together. Their acting styles lie at right angles, so you get two textures in the same scene... This contrast in the acting really works.

    Apr 8, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

    Roger Ebert

    Chicago Sun-Times
    Top Critic

  • The result is a rather more complex and more interesting treatment than the type generally gets; qualities that work both for and against the film.

    Nov 13, 2018 | Full Review…

    Tony Mastroianni

    Cleveland Press

  • Better known for his serious dramas, Richard Brooks might not have bene the right choice for this minor and fluffy heist flick, but it stars Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn, who are at their most physically appealing.

    Dec 14, 2008 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

    Emanuel Levy

    EmanuelLevy.Com

  • A pleasant, somewhat underrated chase movie.

    Apr 8, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
    TV Guide

  • Beatty and Hawn carry this fun little heist/comedy picture for the first hour, but then the whole affair gets a little tiring.

    Apr 8, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/5

    Christopher Null

    Filmcritic.com
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Audience Reviews for $ (Dollars) (The Heist)

  • Jun 03, 2011
    The film lingers on way too much on the mechanics of the robbery. Goldie Hawn is quite good but I wasn't sure if she was an actress I could ever take seriously. Warren Beatty is good and dashing as ever back in this 1971 picture. I knew this would be a heist movie but it's a different kind of heist movie and yet more complex then any other heist picture I have ever seen. I also took notice of the director Richard Brooks who gives a nod to the 64 picture "Goldfinger" by casting Gert Frobe who played Auric Goldfinger in $ Frobe is a bank owner who cautiously watches his most prized possession of a huge block of gold rested at his bank. $ may sound like a cool caper but I didn't really enjoy this picture. The pacing goes on much too long and I kinda wanted to see something more and I wanted to know more about the characters then the heist plan and climax. The long chase scene feels like a downer but I was surprised when Beatty's character was pulled under the rug by the Hawn character. Broks should have ended it there but instead sells out and goes for a cheap hollywood ending.
    Brian R Super Reviewer
  • Sep 05, 2010
    You can guess by the titles that this is a heist movie. It's not bad, but it's just like all the other heist movies out there, nothing new. Overall, it's okay.
    Aj V Super Reviewer
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