Richard Burton maybe most dramatic and tananted actor in the world ever. He could play anyone carachter, that's why it is facinating to watch him as a villain, his character's inner nature rage and no fear in front of anybody. The sequence of car chase here is masterpiece under exciting and facinating music.
Just viewed the dvd, good fun. Agree Burton miscast. The robbery well acted but with baseball bats only on view seems just a bit dated now. Thanks for posting clip.
British film industry show one's again to Hollywood and everyone that they had and have an ability to make such dynamic, serious action movie with it's own great actors like Richard Burton. Intelligent dialogs, sometimes mixing with rough words, wich call thrill. Incrediable car chase.
Maybe I should have put beyond rather than behind, a bad choice of words but Waitrose was deffinatly on the Southern industrial esate by then as My father worked there at that time, it was the biggest computer controlled automated warehouse in Europe, real space age stuff. My brother-in-law and his father both worked at Clark Eaton until its closure. I would like to see the photo you have as I love old photos of the town and there are not many aerial ones around..
Waitrose was already on the Southern industrial estate in a building complex behind Clark Eaton when this film was made the Clark eaton site was demolished and several units put in its place with various occupents over the years, possibly the biggest being GAME to high street store... I lived a stones throw from the Southern industrial estate and still live in Bracknell to this day, Where the Jag is waiting is now the entrance road to BMW's european HQ..
Waitrose was already on the Southern industrial estate in a building complex behind Clark Eaton when this film was made the Clark eaton site was demolished and several units put in its place with various occupents over the years, possibly the biggest being GAME to high street store... I lived a stones throw from the Southern industrial estate and still live in Bracknell to this day, Where the Jag is waiting is now the entrance road to BMW's european HQ...
Burton is hammy but his performance get's better as the film goes along.The Clement/leFrenais script is full of great lines and the heist scene is as hard as nails.Love the cars.Bleedin' pidgeons!
Its strange how something so violent can seem so "homely" at the same time...it must be the strange combination of humour, a blue sky, the nostalgia of the period etc...
great film clip,anyone else notice at the bank the whjite case goes in the rear near side with passenger,after being robbed the case is now somehow in the boot,zodiac has zephyr wheeltrims probably easier to make fall off,not so many cameras then!!!
that building getting built was ICL , now it's fujistsu(?) the buliding with evryone coming was probably "clark and eaton " (?) now it's waitrose and opposite is BMW and boehringer ingelheim.. these days.. i was only 2 though but i'm almost correct i'm sure
The Clark Eaton building was there in 1970 and Clark Eaton was a real Glass wholesaler. They had a depot down here in Southend but were swallowed up by a bigger corporation so Clark Eaton no longer exists. The building you see in the film was demolished by the time I went there in 1984 but Clarks were still trading in 84. I know this because I've been in the glass trade since 1979.
4:04 see the houses in between those trees? well i used to live behind there, the only other film to be filmed there i know of was called "The Offense" and starred Sean Connery and his character lived in the block of flats named "Point-Royal" which you also see here @ 01:00 - Bracknell was a new 'modern' town, no high-rises of the 60's, industrial, Ascot was next door, now it's clones-stores and underpasses and memories for me, didn't even know about this film, thank you so much, wonderful.
I've never seen such a realistic robbery! I can imagine this all happening exactly as shown here! Proves you don't need to spend millions on sfx and explosions. Brilliant.
A good film generally with this type of scene being an influence on 'The Sweeney' t.v. show but for me Burton's over the top & stereotyped performance spoils the film ; should have cast a different actor e.g. Robert Shaw
At 2.54 the Clark Eaton factory had been demolished when I went there in 1984. The new building which you say is now the Waitrose head office was under construction in 1984. I know the pics at the end of this clip aren't that clear but the block under construction in 1970 definitely has ICL on the top of it. Obviously things are different now as I took a look at this area on Google earth and it certainly has been poshed up a bit since 84.
The ICL/Fujitsu building ay be pulled down in the not to far future, I believe that plans are in place to replace it. To be honest it does look a bit old and dated now. When I go hiome from work on monday via the Southern Industrial area I will look at this in a new light after seeing this clip.
I found this location by accident. I'd always got it into my head that it was either Harlow or Potters Bar. But one day in 1984 I was travelling back along the A127 towards Southend on Sea when I overtook a Clark Eaton lorry. Being in the glass trade myself I knew that Clarks had a depot at Southend, where I thought the lorry was based. But on the side of the lorry it said, Clark Eaton, Southern Industrial Area, Bracknell. That weekend I shot off in my car to take some photos.
I'm never wrong about 60's British cars. You will find that the VP's with fins were totally based on the Austin A110 Westminsterand therefore had 2912cc C series. The 4 litre RR engined cars didn't have fins, I am right, I assure you.
Yes you are quite right. The RR engined cars had no fins. I stand corrected. I should have known this as I used to be quite an enthusiast for old farina and pre farina BMC vehicles.
Plagiurised from a website on Vanden Plas. 1964 saw the introduction of the 3909cc Rolls-Royce powered Vanden Plas Princess 4 Litre 'R'. When introduced this cost £1994 some £300 more than the 3 Litre which it replaced.
Wonderful. Couldn't stop laughing when the tripod extended from the security briefcase when they stole it! They'd never make a film like this today - it would be all explosions and sfx...well done, whoever made this.
From 15s - 43s was filmed in Hounslow. The first bit is Hounslow High Street now pedestrianised. They turn left into Lampton Road...another pedestrianised area. The bank on the corner is now a wine bar.
Bracknell must be three times the size these days. All around that high rise being constructed in the movie (which became the Met Office - I think!) is heavily built up now. Amazing.
The tower block is ICL's BRA01 building (they named their buildings after the first three letters of the town, followed by a two-digit number to distinguish several in the same town). I used to work there between 1989 and 2000. It's interesting to see it half-built. It's just out of sight in the scenes of the missing girl in The Offence, so it's good to see it here. The country lane is Peacock Lane just beyond the ICL building.
I never realised that was Hounslow High St. Had I known I'd have gone there when I took the photos back in 1984. Does anyone know the location used for Lowis Car Sales? Where they all meet up just before the robbery sequence?
It is released on DVD sir as this is how I got this clip. I'm begging for someone to release Robbery with Stanley Baker at that has the best car chase of all time.
Excellent! I assume all the then new buildings are now swept away? One of my all time great films but forgotten by most in the shadow of Get Carter. Burton's slightly "ACTOR" style vs Caine's working class appeal meant this film got a panning at the time and not helped by (the then) hard violence. Other scences in the film were shot at Brighton's (now wrecked) West Pier and at the Railway Arches under the Brighton Main Line at Battersea Park..."It's all different Vic!"
I'm going to be posting some footage that was taken by the makers of Villain, showing those railway arches at Battersea. The footage is of those blue trains trundling over the arches and you get a cracking view of that big Double Diamond sign. Keep em peeled.
Think the trains in question were old pre war EMUs, withdrawn the year the film was released. Also noted at the end of the film is a very early Bronze MK3 Cortina 2000E/GXL
It took me a while to find the location. I had originally been told it was in Potters Bar, Herts. I was driving my van back from London one day in 1984 when I overtook a Clark Eaton lorry on the A127 on its way to their Southend depot. On the side of the lorry it had the address still as being Southern Industrial Area, Bracknel. This of course got the bells ringing in my head and that weekend I set off to Bracknel with a few mates.
One of my all time favourite British gangster films. The stills at the end are very interesting. I've always wondered where it was filmed and what it looked like in later years.
Burton must have needed the money!
Redcoat66 4 months ago
@Redcoat66 This film made people think he was desperate for parts.
MrRobertJameson 1 month ago
Richard Burton maybe most dramatic and tananted actor in the world ever. He could play anyone carachter, that's why it is facinating to watch him as a villain, his character's inner nature rage and no fear in front of anybody. The sequence of car chase here is masterpiece under exciting and facinating music.
Mrandrew7777 5 months ago
Just viewed the dvd, good fun. Agree Burton miscast. The robbery well acted but with baseball bats only on view seems just a bit dated now. Thanks for posting clip.
jason78969 6 months ago
@RichardElden no it wasnt, its a great film , and Burton is excellent in this role
Coleshill1 6 months ago
Vote up if you've got a Matchbox Ford Zodiac Mk. IV...WITH the spare wheel!
quirpco 7 months ago
a good gritty british film
sootycakes 8 months ago
All you need now is Jack Regan turning up with the Sweeney. "You're nicked son!!!"
JollyRodders 9 months ago
@RichardElden You being an expert I suppose.
airscrew1 9 months ago
If anything then, Bracknell has got better then.......what am I saying!?
barspeed 11 months ago
The extras in this film were unpaid and not extras at all. The security guard that gets the shooter pointed at him took my baby photos!
bossogg29 11 months ago
And 40 years later, this is still a pretty awesome movie scene. But I never did find out what there where in those suitcases that they wanted so bad.
RandomTJ 1 year ago
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RandomTJ 1 year ago
British film industry show one's again to Hollywood and everyone that they had and have an ability to make such dynamic, serious action movie with it's own great actors like Richard Burton. Intelligent dialogs, sometimes mixing with rough words, wich call thrill. Incrediable car chase.
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Mrandrew7777 1 year ago
whoever colour matched the paint on the front wings and bonnet of the mk4 Zodiac had obviously had jif lemon in his eyes previously too!!!
MrFixit581 1 year ago
Cor. Now the bloody road's probably heaving with traffic 24/7. Reminds me of home when I was little (the roads I mean)
petitemoineau 1 year ago
this is the daddy of all british gangster films ive seen this one first,seen all the rest but this is no nonsense real -deal dark super movie1
BARRETBROWN 1 year ago
My older brother and me and some friends were playing at mill pond when this was filmed. I was six at the time.
Another film shot in Bracknell is the offence Sean Connery.
yiddo43 1 year ago
This film is hardly terrible! Ok his accent isn't great but, at least this is more realistic than stealing a load of diamonds.
Cardiff67235 1 year ago
Maybe I should have put beyond rather than behind, a bad choice of words but Waitrose was deffinatly on the Southern industrial esate by then as My father worked there at that time, it was the biggest computer controlled automated warehouse in Europe, real space age stuff. My brother-in-law and his father both worked at Clark Eaton until its closure. I would like to see the photo you have as I love old photos of the town and there are not many aerial ones around..
skb60 1 year ago
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Waitrose was already on the Southern industrial estate in a building complex behind Clark Eaton when this film was made the Clark eaton site was demolished and several units put in its place with various occupents over the years, possibly the biggest being GAME to high street store... I lived a stones throw from the Southern industrial estate and still live in Bracknell to this day, Where the Jag is waiting is now the entrance road to BMW's european HQ..
skb60 1 year ago
Waitrose was already on the Southern industrial estate in a building complex behind Clark Eaton when this film was made the Clark eaton site was demolished and several units put in its place with various occupents over the years, possibly the biggest being GAME to high street store... I lived a stones throw from the Southern industrial estate and still live in Bracknell to this day, Where the Jag is waiting is now the entrance road to BMW's european HQ...
skb60 1 year ago
@skb60 I've got an aerial black and white photo of this area taken in 1972 and there are no buildings behind Clark Eaton
airscrew1 1 year ago
Playing on BBC when Gulf War 1 was announced.
jhassett2 1 year ago
Burton is hammy but his performance get's better as the film goes along.The Clement/leFrenais script is full of great lines and the heist scene is as hard as nails.Love the cars.Bleedin' pidgeons!
jhassett2 1 year ago
A truly terrible film, Burton was badly miscast as a Cockney gangster.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
Its strange how something so violent can seem so "homely" at the same time...it must be the strange combination of humour, a blue sky, the nostalgia of the period etc...
Packed with great lines-
"Super-fruit" (Vic Dakin personified)
"want your teabreak?"
"Yeah, well they'll be short on Saturdee..."
"Bollox..he's right on the button!"
"Ram the F'ckers!"
Stereolabdream 1 year ago
A fucking awful film with a badly miscast Burton.
FrankClanton 1 year ago
great film clip,anyone else notice at the bank the whjite case goes in the rear near side with passenger,after being robbed the case is now somehow in the boot,zodiac has zephyr wheeltrims probably easier to make fall off,not so many cameras then!!!
picturessnowy 2 years ago
that building getting built was ICL , now it's fujistsu(?) the buliding with evryone coming was probably "clark and eaton " (?) now it's waitrose and opposite is BMW and boehringer ingelheim.. these days.. i was only 2 though but i'm almost correct i'm sure
clemzzz 2 years ago
The Clark Eaton building was there in 1970 and Clark Eaton was a real Glass wholesaler. They had a depot down here in Southend but were swallowed up by a bigger corporation so Clark Eaton no longer exists. The building you see in the film was demolished by the time I went there in 1984 but Clarks were still trading in 84. I know this because I've been in the glass trade since 1979.
airscrew1 2 years ago
The Waitrose building that is there now was under construction in 1984 as I took plenty of photos of its construction.
airscrew1 2 years ago
4:04 see the houses in between those trees? well i used to live behind there, the only other film to be filmed there i know of was called "The Offense" and starred Sean Connery and his character lived in the block of flats named "Point-Royal" which you also see here @ 01:00 - Bracknell was a new 'modern' town, no high-rises of the 60's, industrial, Ascot was next door, now it's clones-stores and underpasses and memories for me, didn't even know about this film, thank you so much, wonderful.
b6gm6n 2 years ago 2
Thanks for your comment. I've seen bits of The Offence, never the whole film
airscrew1 2 years ago
I've never seen such a realistic robbery! I can imagine this all happening exactly as shown here! Proves you don't need to spend millions on sfx and explosions. Brilliant.
denberg2 2 years ago 8
@denberg2 i agree
Coleshill1 9 months ago
A good film generally with this type of scene being an influence on 'The Sweeney' t.v. show but for me Burton's over the top & stereotyped performance spoils the film ; should have cast a different actor e.g. Robert Shaw
kenfig 2 years ago
Sod the car - Bloody Drive. Yessss, yessss...
vicdeakin 2 years ago
Is that Joss Acklund? Wish this was on Region 1 DVD.
frankbooth64 2 years ago
Yes, it's Joss Ackland.
denberg2 2 years ago
Yes mate,Dun 12 big ones and 2x 6s,mountjoy and parkhurst isle of white,Hard time.piss pot slop out,Face forward fallout.Blanket sheet blanket sheet blanket.Fuckin screws A.C.A.B. forever.
rutlandplace 2 years ago
The good olds no cctv no internet,Just BOTTLE.Blaggin was hard .
rutlandplace 2 years ago
Obviously the ponderous handling sluggish Austin Westminster would be no match for a Jag or a Ford Zodiac.
Glenn1967ful 2 years ago
1.00 - The tall block of flats seen in the background still stand. The bridge seen here I go under on the wy home from work.
1.26 - The Fujitsu Head Office under contruction. The patch of grass on the right is where Wiatrose depot now stands.
2.54 - This building has been demolished, this is where Waitrose Head Office/Depot now stands.
3.06 - Where the car is parked is where the BMW Head Office is.
3.09 - The field/trees on the left is where Siemens Head Office used to be.
Markjuk 2 years ago
At 2.54 the Clark Eaton factory had been demolished when I went there in 1984. The new building which you say is now the Waitrose head office was under construction in 1984. I know the pics at the end of this clip aren't that clear but the block under construction in 1970 definitely has ICL on the top of it. Obviously things are different now as I took a look at this area on Google earth and it certainly has been poshed up a bit since 84.
airscrew1 2 years ago
The ICL/Fujitsu building ay be pulled down in the not to far future, I believe that plans are in place to replace it. To be honest it does look a bit old and dated now. When I go hiome from work on monday via the Southern Industrial area I will look at this in a new light after seeing this clip.
Markjuk 2 years ago
I found this location by accident. I'd always got it into my head that it was either Harlow or Potters Bar. But one day in 1984 I was travelling back along the A127 towards Southend on Sea when I overtook a Clark Eaton lorry. Being in the glass trade myself I knew that Clarks had a depot at Southend, where I thought the lorry was based. But on the side of the lorry it said, Clark Eaton, Southern Industrial Area, Bracknell. That weekend I shot off in my car to take some photos.
airscrew1 2 years ago
Thanks, you're a Gent. BTW, great video.
cerbman1 2 years ago
I'm never wrong about 60's British cars. You will find that the VP's with fins were totally based on the Austin A110 Westminsterand therefore had 2912cc C series. The 4 litre RR engined cars didn't have fins, I am right, I assure you.
cerbman1 2 years ago
Yes you are quite right. The RR engined cars had no fins. I stand corrected. I should have known this as I used to be quite an enthusiast for old farina and pre farina BMC vehicles.
airscrew1 2 years ago
The Vanden Pllas was a 3 litre and the Jag was an S-type.
cerbman1 2 years ago
I tam 99% sure you are wrong. It was a 4 litre six cylinder Rolls Royce Engine.
airscrew1 2 years ago
Plagiurised from a website on Vanden Plas. 1964 saw the introduction of the 3909cc Rolls-Royce powered Vanden Plas Princess 4 Litre 'R'. When introduced this cost £1994 some £300 more than the 3 Litre which it replaced.
airscrew1 2 years ago
you are right, where can I see the whole film
unigateman 2 years ago
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cerbman1 2 years ago
Wonderful. Couldn't stop laughing when the tripod extended from the security briefcase when they stole it! They'd never make a film like this today - it would be all explosions and sfx...well done, whoever made this.
denberg2 2 years ago
vanden plas 40 litre,trumph 2000,mk2 jag,mk4 zodic exetutivev v6 yeah im a classic nut
leeford2 3 years ago
From 15s - 43s was filmed in Hounslow. The first bit is Hounslow High Street now pedestrianised. They turn left into Lampton Road...another pedestrianised area. The bank on the corner is now a wine bar.
Butchuk2007 3 years ago
Bracknell must be three times the size these days. All around that high rise being constructed in the movie (which became the Met Office - I think!) is heavily built up now. Amazing.
Great film, too - grateful for the upload.
ludocrat 3 years ago
The tower block is ICL's BRA01 building (they named their buildings after the first three letters of the town, followed by a two-digit number to distinguish several in the same town). I used to work there between 1989 and 2000. It's interesting to see it half-built. It's just out of sight in the scenes of the missing girl in The Offence, so it's good to see it here. The country lane is Peacock Lane just beyond the ICL building.
Mortimer50145 3 years ago
Top Bracknell knowledge. Many thanks :)
Best wishes.
ludocrat 3 years ago
Classic heist, great stuff.
tomelty 3 years ago
dont forget the lemons on vic daikin day
mrshenley1980 3 years ago 12
Wish I'd thought of that. Nice one.
airscrew1 3 years ago
Nobody under 35 will get thatgreat line, mate.
How many ould understand the reference in the "super-fruit" line, either???
Stereolabdream 3 years ago
ONLY GOING ON STRIKE ENT THEY
mrshenley1980 3 years ago
This is job for The Jock and Billy...
vicdeakin 3 years ago
bollocks... he's right on the button.
Ram the fuckers!
Stereolabdream 3 years ago
It's all gone rotten Vic !
whufc1969 3 years ago
oh right, yes like omen was november 75, but they go by when on film all finished legaly edited ect.
hounslow woolworths bombed during 2nd worl war, is why achitecture is modern on buiding in houslow scene.
mrshenley1980 3 years ago
I never realised that was Hounslow High St. Had I known I'd have gone there when I took the photos back in 1984. Does anyone know the location used for Lowis Car Sales? Where they all meet up just before the robbery sequence?
airscrew1 3 years ago
yes it is crosslances road hounslow, but could be hounslow west. try crosslances first.
mrshenley1980 3 years ago
look at tax disc on jag, sep 70. means it was made before 71.
mrshenley1980 3 years ago
The film was released in 71. It was shot throughout 1970. I did put that in my notes up in the right box.
airscrew1 3 years ago
keep noise down.. mums upstairs
mrshenley1980 3 years ago
hounslow high street, big tough lads. very nice car terry. get the jag workin'
mrshenley1980 3 years ago
Bleedin' pigeons
vicdeakin 3 years ago
"Put yer face down , you got claret all over it" Great line, almost Sweeny like. Cool clip, cheers.
bmgm3 3 years ago
Anyone know why this great film has never been released on DVD?!
Two great lines in this clip- "Superfruit", not really a line , but hilarious when you know about Vic Dakin...and "Ram the Fuck*rs!"...great stuff.
Stereolabdream 3 years ago
It is released on DVD sir as this is how I got this clip. I'm begging for someone to release Robbery with Stanley Baker at that has the best car chase of all time.
airscrew1 3 years ago
That's great news...cheers!
Stereolabdream 3 years ago
Out now on DVD via Network (online shop)they do all the Special Branch on DVD too or has been spotted in HMV (£13).
Get it before "Some spastic does a four wheel slide in a Mini Cooper" :-)
sussexmews 3 years ago
Excellent! I assume all the then new buildings are now swept away? One of my all time great films but forgotten by most in the shadow of Get Carter. Burton's slightly "ACTOR" style vs Caine's working class appeal meant this film got a panning at the time and not helped by (the then) hard violence. Other scences in the film were shot at Brighton's (now wrecked) West Pier and at the Railway Arches under the Brighton Main Line at Battersea Park..."It's all different Vic!"
sussexmews 3 years ago
I'm going to be posting some footage that was taken by the makers of Villain, showing those railway arches at Battersea. The footage is of those blue trains trundling over the arches and you get a cracking view of that big Double Diamond sign. Keep em peeled.
airscrew1 3 years ago
Sounds great!
Think the trains in question were old pre war EMUs, withdrawn the year the film was released. Also noted at the end of the film is a very early Bronze MK3 Cortina 2000E/GXL
sussexmews 3 years ago
Pity the line "Gotta bleedin' Hard On have you?" is missing from the start.
sussexmews 3 years ago
Well that line isn't in this clip. It was in the clip where they first do the reccy.
airscrew1 3 years ago
Correct, been a while since i've played the Video
sussexmews 3 years ago
Supafruit
vicdeakin 3 years ago
It took me a while to find the location. I had originally been told it was in Potters Bar, Herts. I was driving my van back from London one day in 1984 when I overtook a Clark Eaton lorry on the A127 on its way to their Southend depot. On the side of the lorry it had the address still as being Southern Industrial Area, Bracknel. This of course got the bells ringing in my head and that weekend I set off to Bracknel with a few mates.
airscrew1 3 years ago
One of my all time favourite British gangster films. The stills at the end are very interesting. I've always wondered where it was filmed and what it looked like in later years.
Thanks for posting!
kitefighter 3 years ago