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      Grand Slam

      1967 2h 1m Crime Drama List
      33% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A professor (Edward G. Robinson) and a crook (Adolfo Celi) recruit a team to crack a safe full of diamonds in Rio de Janeiro. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Professor James Anders (Edward G. Robinson) is an American teacher in Rio de Janeiro who grows tired of working every day, so he retires and puts together a team to pull off a diamond heist during the Rio Carnival: Gregg (George Rigaud) the safecracker, Jean Paul (Robert Hoffman) the playboy, Agostino (Riccardo Cucciolla) the electronics expert and Erich (Klaus Kinski) the military man. Standing in their way is the Grand Slam 70 security system, an alarm that uses microphones to detect any sound. Can they successfully seduce the girl (Janet Leigh), get the key, rob the safe and get out alive? And what if one of them isn't willing to share the loot? How does Adolfo Celi fit in? The only other film by director Giuliano Montaldo I'd seen before was the Closed Circuit. This caper film moves quickly and has a great closing scene. It was written by Mino Roli, Augusto Caminito and Paolo Bianchini along with Marcello Fondato, José Antonio de la Loma and Marcello Coscia. It took more writers to do the script for a caper movie than crooks to pull the caper! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Has a good beginning and end but sags quite a bit in the middle. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member good crime caper/heist flick amazing cast. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is to Heist flicks as paint-by-numbers is to the Mona Lisa. Sure, the parts are all there, but there is no style or flair. It would only be interesting if you watch it like you would Plan 9 from Outer Space, just to laugh at the film making. For example: look for the part where the robbers have to overcome the photo-beams in front of the vault. Not only are the beams simply clothesline filmed in black light, you can actually see them sag. Shine a flashlight at the wall and see if you can make it sag in the middle. The whole safe-cracking episode plays out like a Laurel & Hardy bit. Forget about seeing the great Edward G. Robinson and the talented Janet Leigh. They are only bit characters. We are treated to over two hours of cardboard, one-dimensional stooges. Skip it and watch Sneakers or Ronin instead. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member fantastic heist flick great ending Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Intricate heist thriller with great international cast and locations. Not a Klaus Kinski film but rather a film with Klaus in it. Well made, with a lot of elements borrowed by other films later on. More of an extra-base-hit than a grand slam though. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Renata Adler New York Times The final pay-off, another restaurant scene in the shadow of Rome's Coliseum, is a briskly absurd reach-out, but at least Mr. Robinson was reading The New York Times. Jan 9, 2018 Full Review Deborah Little Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Grand Slam generally maintains enough suspense to keep the audience with the film. It has a lovely twist at the end, guaranteed to destroy your sense of aplomb at being present at a job well done. Sep 15, 2022 Full Review Kathy Fennessy Video Librarian Magazine Casting a net that wide represents the risk of a disjointed muddle, but Montaldo (Machine Gun McCain, Marco Polo) manages to pull it off. Rated: 3/5 Aug 3, 2022 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy This is the sort of movie where the climactic plot twist is not only rather obvious but also idiotic and illogical, and it would have been best had the writer dropped it after the first draft. Rated: 2/4 Apr 30, 2022 Full Review Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press Grand Slam lacks anticipation, depends instead on surprises -- some good, some indifferent, some too farfetched. Jan 18, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's noted for having one of the best twist endings ever. Rated: C+ Feb 23, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A professor (Edward G. Robinson) and a crook (Adolfo Celi) recruit a team to crack a safe full of diamonds in Rio de Janeiro.
      Director
      Giuliano Montaldo
      Production Co
      Paramount
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      2h 1m