cult film freak: BEFORE MAKING A BULLITT PETER YATES STAGED THIS 'ROBBERY'

Written by James M. Tate / 6/01/2022 / No comments / action , barry foster , british neo noir , british new wave , frank finlay , heist , james booth , joanna pettet , peter yates , sixties , stanley baker , william marlowe

BEFORE MAKING A BULLITT PETER YATES STAGED THIS 'ROBBERY'

6/01/2022 | No comment

Title: ROBBERY Director: Peter Yates Star: Stanley Baker Year: 1967 Rating: ****1/2

Best known as the obscure crime film that gave English director Peter Yates his big game-changing opportunity to make BULLITT stateside, after Steve McQueen had witnessed the rudimentary car chase sequence from ROBBERY, an extremely sparse, deliberately cold/heartless British Neo-Noir Heist-Thriller...

And it's not just this initial chase that Yates carried over to the McQueen classic, but also the meticulous and metronomic and strategic moments leading up...

Stanley Baker and gang in ROBBERY

Starring the always tough/ultra square-jawed Stanley Baker (specializing in crime films since the 1950's British Noir) but only because he's in charge, ROBBERY makes pretty much equal use of all male leads...

Including James Booth as the trailing cop, William Marlowe as Baker's strong-silent second, Barry Forster as his strong-silent third while Frank Finlay, as a meek though crooked banker too-easily broken out of prison, is the most vulnerable and sympathetic...

Artwork for ROBBERY

Yet there's very little sympathy for these fellas, whose only flaw is how long and tediously methodical it takes for the actual train heist to go down... the director not always considering an audience but, like real life crimes, Yates showcases the slowburn reality like being right there, for better or worse since it's not always exciting, and that's the point.

Just don't let the casting of beautiful poster-perfect British ingenue Joanne Pettet fool you. because this particular ROBBERY cares neither about romance or the human condition.

Stanley Baker in ROBBERY with William Marlowe

Rachel Herbert in ROBBERY

ROBBERY with William Marlowe

ROBBERY with Terence Plummer

James Booth in ROBBERY

Joanna Pettet in ROBBERY

Stanley Baker in ROBBERY with Barry Foster

ROBBERY with William Marlowe

Barry Foster in ROBBERY and George Sewell

James Booth in ROBBERY

Stanley Baker in ROBBERY with Frank Finlay

Joanna Pettet in ROBBERY

Helicopter from ROBBERY

Barry Foster in ROBBERY

Blu RAY FOR ROBBERY

James Booth in ROBBERY

Stanley Baker in ROBBERY

Stanley Baker in ROBBERY facing Frank Finley

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