A 30-minute crime caper so chaotic it never made it to series.
A well-meaning but stupid ex-convict is drawn into a get-rich scheme that could result in his imprisonment.
Acting
Barry Bostwick's earnest doofus energy is genuinely endearing.
Direction
Daryl Duke squeezes maximum panic into 30 minutes.
Director
Daryl Duke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a failed pilot for a TV series, which explains the frantic pacing and unresolved ending.
The 1974 TV movie landscape was littered with these experiments — most died, few became cult oddities like this.
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