$ (Dollars) (The Heist)

$ (Dollars) (1971)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 53% of users liked it
    (361 ratings)

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… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Richard Brooks
Genres
Drama, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 15, 1971 Wide
On DVD
Sep 23, 2008
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    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.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn are weirdly interesting together.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    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.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    A pleasant, somewhat underrated chase movie.

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

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

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    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.

  • Brian R


    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… More

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