Burt Reynolds channelled Cary Grant a few times in his career - in this one he even imitates him at the beginning, and Lesley Anne Downe is given the funny rejoinder that he sounds like Tony Curtis imitating Cary Grant. More of this sort of jokiness would have made this a better movie.
Mind you for the first hour this was a lot of fun - Reynolds and Downe being attractive and flirting with each other as they plan a heist, and crossing back to David Niven. Downe may be the poor man's Jacqueline Bisset/Audrey Hepburn but she's attractive and she and Reynolds seem to like each other.
But in the second half the plot kicks in and things get confusing and murky - the film's troubled production history becomes apparent. They introduce Reynolds' heist crew far too late in the day and you don't really care about them. I wish David Niven and Reynolds had more scenes together.
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