Robert Wagner made a few wacky heist films in the 60s - Sail a Crooked Ship, The Pink Panther, this. It has the benefit of some pretty Italian location filming, a strong cast, Raquel Welch in a series of sexy outfits and bikinis, and an unoriginal plot.
Wagner isn't very well cast as a small time crook who kidnaps a former big time crook, Vittorio de Sica - only to find out that no one wants to ransom him. So de Sica offers to mastermind a $5 million heist for Wagner and his crew.
Raquel looks spectacular but it's a lousy role - she hangs around a lot at the side of scenes. Godfrey Cambridge is one of the men. Edward G Robinson steals the film as a mastermind and it's a shame his part isn't bigger. The main fault of this film is it isn't very funny, or clever or entertaining. Even the Italian locations aren't that pretty.
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