Line #8 Film/TheGreatBankRobbery


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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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