A Piece of the Action

1977 PG 2h 15m 6.4

A retired Chicago cop blackmails two rich thieves into "volunteering" to help juvenile delinquents change paths.

Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Joshua Burke is a retired detective who has enough evidence on both of them to put them behind bars, but instead he offers to maintain his silence if the crooks will go straight and do work at a youth center for delinquents. At first, the crooks are reluctant and unwilling, and so are the kids. As time goes by, they gain the trust and admiration of the kids and they start to enjoy the job. All goes well until someone from the past orders them to do one last heist--or else.

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Info about A Piece of the Action

Studio(s): First Artists, Verdon Productions Limited

Originally Released: United States on Oct 07, 1977

Genres: Comedy, Crime