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Out of the Frying Pan: ‘The Hot Rock’ (1972)

August 31, 2019 By retromoviebuff 2 Comments

Part of my ‘New York State of Mind’ series. “I’ve heard of the habitual criminal of course, but I never dreamed I’d become involved in the habitual crime.” So speaks one of the droller denizens of The Hot Rock, Peter Yates’ winding caper film, in which a gang of thieves find themselves stealing the same […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Caper, Comedy, Crime, Drama, New York, Peter Yates, Quincy Jones, Robert Redford, William Goldman, Zero Mostel

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