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3 | ''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: |
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5 | * The Reverend Pious Blue [[spoiler: AKA "Harry"]] (Creator/ZeroMostel) and his team of con-artists. |
6 | * A grubby gang of Mexican banditos ineptly lead by a father-son team (Akim Tamiroff and [[Series/FTroop Larry Storch]]). |
7 | * The violent and hair-triggered thug Slade (Claude Akins). |
8 | * And, on the opposite side of the law, the Texas Ranger Ben Quick (Creator/ClintWalker) and his Secret Service liaison Fong (Creator/{{Mako}}). |
9 | * Oh, and there's Pious's female accomplice Lyda Kebanov (Creator/KimNovak), 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. |
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11 | Unsurprisingly, an escalating and chaotic GambitPileup ensues. |
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15 | !! ''The Great Bank Robbery'' contains examples of the following tropes: |
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17 | %% * AmusingInjuries: Papa and Juan are wrapped in various bits of grubby bandages by the end of the film. |
18 | %% * AttackAttackAttack: The Mexican bandits' default mode. |
19 | %% * {{Bandito}}: Pretty much archetypal example. |
20 | %% * BankRobbery:You don't say? |
21 | * BatteringRam: The Mexicans' final attack on the bank deploys this tactic, using an enormous log mounted on wheels. [[spoiler: It works, but Blue and Co. have already stolen all the money.]] |
22 | %% * TheCaper: Blue's group is pulling this. |
23 | * ChaseScene: Done with a train full of Mexican bandits and a ''hot-air balloon''. |
24 | * ChineseLaunderer: Quick's support team is working undercover as a group of these. |
25 | * CoveredInKisses: Lyda does this to Quick at the end of the film. |
26 | * CrowdSong: 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. |
27 | * CurbStompBattle: The bank's defenses effortlessly repel the Mexicans' first attack. |
28 | * DiggingToChina: Subject of a gag when Blue's tunnel-team starts hearing Fong's team of competing diggers. |
29 | * DistractedByTheSexy: During the bank robbery, Lyda rides into town posing as Lady Godiva, almost completely naked on horseback with just a few flowers covering her nipples. |
30 | * FiringInTheAirALot: The Mexicans, constantly. |
31 | * FramingTheGuiltyParty: Sort of. Papa gets thrown in the town jail not for attempting to rob the bank, but [[DisproportionateRetribution for littering]]. |
32 | * GambitPileup: As noted, everyone tries to rob the bank at once. |
33 | * GodivaHair: Averted when Lyda rides up to the bank naked on horseback, as her hair falls to the sides of her breasts, but her nipples are still covered by flower pasties. |
34 | * HairTriggerTemper: Slade. |
35 | * HighHeelFaceTurn: Lyda gives up her chance at escape and her share of the loot to stay with Quick. |
36 | * HypocriticalHumor: Slade commenting on the Mexicans trying to rob the bank: "Scum." |
37 | * InscrutableOriental: Subverted. "You sure are inscrutable, Fong. Just like all you Secret Service fellas." |
38 | * IntoxicationEnsues: Quick after unwisely eating the snack offered to him by Lyda. |
39 | * LastDisrespects: Slade shoots Jeb, buries him, and then casually tromps over the grave as he leaves the scene. |
40 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Pretty much Lyda's reaction to Quick. |
41 | * MrFanservice: For the ladies, there's [[ShirtlessScene Mr. Quick]]. |
42 | * MsFanservice: Novak's character, again done deliberately as part of her gang's plan. |
43 | * NotQuiteDead: "Quick! Watch out for Whatisface!!" [[spoiler: AKA Slade]] |
44 | * NoSenseOfDirection: Unfortunately for Blue and Co., their get-away balloon pilot is cursed with a bad case of this. |
45 | * RobbingTheMobBank: The bank is where numerous notorious western outlaws store their loot, which is why Quick is attempting to "rob" it. |
46 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Papa and Juan finally (wisely) just give up and go home. "I promised your mother we wouldn't do anything dangerous." |
47 | * ShowdownAtHighNoon: Quick and Slade inevitably end up facing each other in this fashion. |
48 | * 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. |
49 | * TooDumbToLive: A literal example, when Slade's sidekick Jeb just can't keep his mouth shut about Slade's HairTriggerTemper. |
50 | * TunnelKing: Both Quick and Blue's group are trying to get into the bank in this fashion. |
51 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Juan and Papa. |
52 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Mexican gang's loud and frantic attack on the bank is utterly ignored by the townsfolk attending church. |
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