| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974),
				Director: Michael Cimino, rated R for violence, 
				language 
				He Has Exactly Seven Minutes To Get Rich Quick! 
				
				  Starring: Clint 
				Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis, 
				Catherine Bach, Gary Busey, Jack Dodson, Roy Jenson 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 
				- good 
				"I don't think of us as 
				criminals, you know? I feel we accomplished something. A good 
				job. 
				I feel proud of myself, man. I feel like a hero." - 
				Lightfoot 
				Why watch this? ... 
				it's a gripping bank robbery film, when 
				Eastwood was on top, and Bridges a babe. 
				Plot Summary: 
				Veteran bank robber Thunderbolt is on the run and forms an 
				unlikely partnership with a young, free-spirited drifter named 
				Lightfoot. They soon encounter Thunderbolt's old gang, who 
				mistakenly believe he double-crossed them in a past heist. To 
				prove his innocence and retrieve the missing loot, Thunderbolt 
				convinces his former partners to attempt the same bank robbery 
				again, but with a new plan. Dad's Preview: 
				This is one of my favorite Eastwood films. A group of hard-luck 
				petty thieves plan a bank heist. The group's mastermind is 
				Thunderbolt, who once robbed the very bank they are now targeting. He 
				develops the plan, but there are tensions within the group. During the robbery, we are just waiting for the 
				double-cross we know is coming. This is a tense story with great 
				characters. A handsome young Jeff Bridges, with his 
				honest smile, steals the film. The ending... well, I didn't see 
				it coming. 
				 
				 The Malpaso 
				Company; United Artists
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