History Film / TheGreatBankRobbery

* {{Gainaxing}}: Whilst nearly nude on horseback, Lydia's breasts clearly bounce up and down, nothing covering her or them but small pasties.

* AmusingInjuries: Papa and Juan are wrapped in various bits of grubby bandages by the end of the film.
* AttackAttackAttack: The Mexican bandits' default mode.
* {{Bandito}}: Pretty much archetypical example.

* TheCaper: Blue's group is pulling this.

* The Reverend Pious Blue [[spoiler: AKA "Harry"]] (Zero Mostel) and his team of con-artists.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Novak's character, again done deliberately as part of her gang's plan.

%%* AmusingInjuries: Papa and Juan at the end of the film.

* AmusingInjuries: Papa and Juan at the end of the film.

* BankRobbery: [[CaptainObvious You don't say?]]

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Mexican gang's loud and frantic attack on the bank is utterly ignored by the townsfolk attending church.

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''The Great Bank Robbery'' is a comedic 1969 western film directed by Hy Averback, in which the fortress-like, criminal-founded bank of 1880-era Friendly, Texas is targeted by a converging collection of individuals:

* And, on the opposite side of the law, the Texas Ranger Ben Quick (Clint Walker) and his Secret Service liaison Fong (Creator/{{Mako}}).

'''The Great Bank Robbery''' is a comedic 1969 western film directed by Hy Averback, in which the fortress-like, criminal-founded bank of 1880-era Friendly, Texas is targeted by a converging collection of individuals:

* A grubby gang of Mexican banditos ineptly lead by a father-son team ( Akim Tamiroff and [[Series/FTroop Larry Storch]]).

* CrowdSong / SpontaneousChoreography: Justified in-universe, as it's Reverend Blue's way of covering up the noise made by his team's digging operation underneath the church.

* DistractedByTheSexy / MsFanservice: Ms. Novak's character, again done deliberately as part of her gang's plan.
** And for the ladies, [[ShirtlessScene there's]] [[MrFanservice Mr. Walker]].

* Oh, and there's Pious's female accomplice Lyda Kebanov (Kim Novak), who takes an immediate shine to Mr. Quick, and devotes as much (if not more) effort to seducing him as she does to the robbery.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Mexican gang's loud and frantic attack on the bank is utterly ignored by the townsfolk attending church.

* The "Reverend Pious Blue" (Zero Mostel) and his team of con-artists.

** And for the ladies, there's [[MrFanservice Mr. Walker]].

* CompleteMonster: As close as you can get to one in a light comedic film like this, in that Slade doesn't have a single redeeming feature.

* A grubby gang of Mexican bandits ineptly lead by a father-son team ( Akim Tamiroff and [[Series/FTroop Larry Storch]]).

'''The Great Bank Robbery''' is a comedic 1969 western film, in which the fortress-like, criminal-founded bank of 1880-era Friendly, Texas is targeted by a converging collection of individuals:

* BatteringRam: The Mexicans' final attack on the bank deploys this tactic, using an enormous log mounted on wheels.

* CrowdSong / SpontaneousChoreography: Justified in-universe, as it's Reverend Blue's way of covering up the noise made by his team's digging operation.

* InscrutableOriental: "You sure are inscrutable, Fong. Just like all you Secret Service fellas."

* NoSenseOfDirection: Unfortunately for Blue and Co., their balloon pilot is cursed with a bad case of this.

'''The Great Bank Robbery''' is a comedic 1969 western film, in which the fortress-like, criminal-founded bank of 1880-era Friendly, Texas is targeted by a converging collection of individuals: The "Reverend Pious Blue" (Zero Mostel) and his team of con-artists, a grubby gang of Mexican bandits ineptly lead by a father-son team ( Akim Tamiroff and Larry Storch), the violent and hair-triggered thug Slade (Claude Akins) and, on the opposite side of the law, the Texas Ranger Ben Quick (Clint Walker). Oh, and there's Pious's female accomplice Lyda Kebanov (Kim Novak), who takes an immediate shine to Mr. Quick. Unsurprisingly, an escalating GambitPileup ensues.

* BatteringRam: The Mexicans' final attack on the bank is this, using an enormous log mounted on wheels.

* RobbingTheMobBank: The bank is where numerous notorious western outlaws store their loot.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Mexican gang's loud and frantic attack on the bank is ignored by the townsfolk attending church.