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Release Date: 1979

Cast: Charles Tingwell, Ed Devereaux, Bryan Brown, Tony Bonner, Candy Raymond, Terence Donovan

Categories: Movies, Crime Thriller, Crime, Caper Story

Money Movers is a 1978 Australian crime action drama film directed by Bruce Beresford. The film was based on the book Money Movers by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services. The story deals loosely with two real-life events, the 1970 Sydney Armoured Car Robbery where $A500,000 was stolen from a Mayne Nickless armoured van, and a 1970 incident where $A280,000 was stolen from Metropolitan Security Services' offices by bandits impersonating policemen. Money Movers is "one of the few films of the 1970s that deal with crime and police corruption as an entrenched state of... MORE

Money Movers is a 1978 Australian crime action drama film directed by Bruce Beresford. The film was based on the book Money Movers by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services. The story deals loosely with two real-life events, the 1970 Sydney Armoured Car Robbery where $A500,000 was stolen from a Mayne Nickless armoured van, and a 1970 incident where $A280,000 was stolen from Metropolitan Security Services' offices by bandits impersonating policemen. Money Movers is "one of the few films of the 1970s that deal with crime and police corruption as an entrenched state of being, and one of the earliest to embrace extremely violent action." Bruce Beresford "dashed off" this supposedly "guaranteed audience pleaser" in order to raise the money to make Breaker Morant. The film, when it was released in 1979, failed badly at the box office. 20/20 Filmsight said the film is "often let down by stagy performances, uneven editing and a poor script", but is "worth checking out." Movie News said Money Movers "delivers an intriguing plot and hair-raising suspense with incredible pace and ferocity." Australian Screen said that "Money Movers was ahead of its time, and may have LESS