

The Big Caper
The Big Money... $1,000,000 was up for grabs!
A con artist moves into a small town to spearhead a payroll robbery.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- gas station
- con man
- fake identity
- gang leader
- con artist
- film noir
- arson
- arsonist
- double cross
- alcoholic
- payroll robbery
- criminal gang
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- TheatricalNR28 Mar 1957
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The Big Caper was released on 28 March 1957.
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1- C6/10
CinemaSerf
3/13/2025
I quite liked the premise of this heist caper, as the down-at-heel “Harper” (Rory Calhoun) comes up with the idea of robbing a small bank that just happens to house the wages of a nearby military base. He can’t do it on his own, though, so taps up the ruthless “Flood” (James Gregory) for resources. There’s $1 million at stake here so he and his new investor’s gal “Kay” (Mary Costa) move into the town and pretend to b…
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