Product Details

• Actors: Richard Basehart, Ned Beatty, Burgess Meredith, Akim Tamiroff, Zero Mostel
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: May 19, 2009
• Run Time: 186 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001T21R46
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #39,075 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Bank Robbery Collection (The Great Bank Hoax / The Great Bank Robbery)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

A clerk decides to test the system and embezzles a tidy sum from smalltown Pewter Bank & Trust. Corrupt bank officials see a chance to turn the sum into some more. Much more. And so the escalating cover-ups and crack-ups begin in the comical Watergate parable THE GREAT BANK HOAX. Among the stars bringing the jokes to the hoax: Richard Basehart, Ned Beatty and Burgess Meredith. The spoof is loose again in THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY, a Western gone loco with the bank-robbing dreams of competing gangs headed by a bumbling bandito (Akim Tamiroff) and a bogus preacher (Zero Mostel)...and with the crook-wrangling schemes of a clever lawman (Clint Walker). Also on board: Kim Novak and Larry Storch. Bank on having a Great time!

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Great Bank Hoax - Worth Watching, July 1, 2009

By	JWM NYC (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews

Can you picture a comedic version of today's banking bungles set in a small town? Welcome to The Great Bank Hoax! The Great Bank Hoax is a witty comedy about a couple of local bank managers (Burgess Meredith, Richard Basehart) who, in preparing for an audit by the bank examiner, discover their bank has been the victim of embezzlement by a teller (Paul Sand) who did it just to prove it could be done. Less concerned about the theft and more about looking foolish, the bank managers concoct a cover-up whereby they rob their own bank and seek to get rich themselves. Given the story takes place in the stereotypical small, gossipy "All American" town, everybody soon gets involved and wants a piece of the action. And in the end who gets rich? I won't spoil it for you but you'll want to see.

Directed by Joe Jacoby, The Great Bank Hoax takes you back to an America seemingly long gone. But is it? The neatest aspect of the movie is a Burgess Meredith you've never seen before. We all know and love Burgess but most have never seen him in a role like this. There's not a shade of the Penguin or Mick (Rocky Balboa's manager) - just a mellow, fun-loving, conniving bank manager.

Watch and enjoy the movie. You'll recognize almost all of the actors - even if not by name. I think you'll find its well worth your time.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Skin Game and Bank Robbery Collection, June 28, 2009

By	Thomas J. Graham - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The films were as expected,they were acceptable I do notwant to give any personal information!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!