Plot:
A man drives over a bridge and through the city. 3 cars pull beside each other t scout the bank.
A disclaimer announces this story is based on a true story.
The cars all head for a park. John Egan, the mastermind, and Willie, the parasite, question George’s experience as a driver.
The bank is at the intersection of 5 streets. Gino needs to rob the bank to pay his attorney for an upcoming trial. Everyone will case the bank each day.
Gino wants George to hit up Ann for some cash. Ann is Gino’s sister and used to date George. My, these characters live in quite a small world.
Later, Egan wants George to steal a license plate. An argument breaks out because George isn’t a thief. It takes a while for him to swipe one. Egan approves…
George calls Ann at work, and they meet later. He explains that Gino needs the money. She actually signs a check for her worthless brother. The awkward George is even
more so around her before leaving.
A wandering Steve McQueen ensues. He eventually makes it to a college football stadium.
Our robbers are doing the normal daily things. Gino is shaving.
John is working out the plot. Willie wants to be the driver instead of George. In fact, Willie and Egan are arguing like a couple.
George returns to the room. He and Gino are sharing. Gino is getting antsy: seeing bugs and hearing things.
The next day, Egan is scouting the bank.
Ann spots George near the bank and spots Gino leaving. George tries to calm her down and will explain everything later.
Back at the park, the robbers fill in the gaps in the schedule and routes. They go over the robbery plan and have 2 minutes from when the alarm is rung to get out. Willie
tattles on how George was talking to a girl. Egan gets madder when he realizes that Willie was hanging around too long. The master plotter gets everyone to focus on the job
at hand.
They have a dry run just to get the driving time down. The nearby street lights are timed to learn when they need to hit them. George will have to keep the front door to
the bank clear, too.
That night, George meets with Ann and lays on his pre-Magnificent Seven Charm. He regrets one mistake in college which got him thrown out. He wants one
more opportunity after leaving Ann. Being the ex-girlfriend, she is of course still hopelessly in love with George and tries to talk him out of doing whatever is being planned.
Egan and George are downing some suds. Egan warns him about women. A drunken bitter plotter ensues.
Ann is with some square guy.
Egan offers to take George to Mexico on a trip to Mexico. Finally, the friendly neighborhood gun dealer arrives with a sample of his wares. Egan gets the guns for the
robbery.
Ann is crying and at the bank. She acts hepped up on the goofballs. Writing in lipstick, she warns the bank is to be robbed.
Gino and George get a wakeup call in the middle of the night. John and Willie storm in angry that someone ratted them out. Willie saw the warning on the bank.
Egan wants to know who the girl George was talking with was. Gino begs him to go through with the job. Gino reveals the girl is his sister Ann.
They head to Ann’s apartment. George asks if she did it. Ann doesn’t want him to go through with the robbery. The others come in. Gino wants her to go to Chicago
for a couple of days. John has Gino go with George.
At the park, George is upset when Gino arrives. That leaves Egan and Willie with Ann.
Back at the apartment, Ann is packed and heads down the fire escape with Egan. She wants to let George know where she’ll be. Egan gets angry and tells that George
will be going with him. The crazy Egan pushes her off the balcony escape. That sudden stop on the ground kills her.
Egan and Willie arrive at the park. Willie is the driver now. George will have to go in the bank.
They head to the bank. The car doesn’t have the police radio. Timed driving ensues. The robbers get out at their determined spots.
Egan and Gino come in a side entrance as George comes in the front. Holdup ensues. One of the tellers trips the alarm.
Cops get a report of the alarm going off.
Egan starts counting the time down. A number of women cry hysterically.
The police pull up front. A shootout begins. George gets hit in the leg.
Willie decides cowardice is better than a prison sentence and drives away.
The bank is surrounded by police.
John mentions he had to keep Willie from spilling the news to Gino. John grabs a teller for a hostage. George demands to know what happened to Ann.
Egan heads out of the bank and is shot.
Gino runs into the basement. He doesn’t want to go back to the slammer and eats a bullet to escape.
The cops get a report on the getaway car. So Willie the weasel will be plying his smarminess in a prison cell soon.
George grabs a newly married woman for a hostage. Her husband wants to take her place as a hostage.
George realizes what he was going to do. He claims he’s not like Egan.
Tear gassing ensues.
George crawls about and even slides his gun near some of the hostages who slide it back near him. He is crying for Ann.
The police race in and drag George away in the paddy wagon.
