The Flying Scot (1957) "The Mailbag Robbery" (original title)
70 min | Crime, Drama | November 1957 (UK)
Ronnie, earning very little from his own exploits, gathers together a band of villains to carry out a robbery on 'The Flying Scotsman' passenger train. The train is carrying withdrawn bank notes from Scotland to London to be destroyed.
Director: Compton Bennett
Writers: Norman Hudis (screenplay), Jan Read (story)
Stars: Lee Patterson, Kay Callard, Alan Gifford
70 min | Crime, Drama | November 1957 (UK)
Ronnie, earning very little from his own exploits, gathers together a band of villains to carry out a robbery on 'The Flying Scotsman' passenger train. The train is carrying withdrawn bank notes from Scotland to London to be destroyed.
Director: Compton Bennett
Writers: Norman Hudis (screenplay), Jan Read (story)
Stars: Lee Patterson, Kay Callard, Alan Gifford
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00:00That's the way I see it. Foolproof.
00:03Well?
00:05Sensational. Can't miss. The best idea you ever had.
00:08Few points, Ronnie.
00:10There's only one point, Phil. This is the biggest job yet.
00:13We can retire for life when it's done.
00:15Sure, but it's got to be done right.
00:17Robbing the mails? We can retire for life, all right.
00:20Hey you, how many jobs have we done together?
00:22Six.
00:23How many times have we been caught?
00:24Don't get overconfident. I'm only getting one thing and that's tired of jewelry, furs, stuff like that.
00:28We take it to the fence, what do we get? A crummy ten percent.
00:31But this stuff pays off in full. Cash!
00:34Biggest load of cash you ever saw.
00:36Well, there's nothing wrong with the objective...
00:37And there's nothing wrong with the plan.
00:39Listen, the first Tuesday of every month, the banks up there send half a million pounds down to London by registered mail.
00:44That's a million and a half dollars for destruction.
00:46Oh, it's too dirty for the public to handle, but it's plenty clean enough for us.
00:50Can't you see? Until this stuff goes into the mincer, it's still money.
00:53Yeah, you've already said that.
00:55So I have to say something twice to get it across? All you have to do is say yes?
00:58I say yes, but...
00:59Listen, Phil, I've taken this trip eight times. It's easy.
01:03Sure, it's easy. You've checked everything, but you've made it all too complex.
01:06I've taken this trip eight times, with a stopwatch and a map. I know how it should go.
01:10Listen, Ronnie, listen to Phil.
01:12I'm listening, aren't I?
01:14All right. First of all, we bring our own labels for the just married business.
01:18Don't rely on the God giving them to us.
01:19But he's God and it looks more natural that way.
01:21Once in ten years, he forgets them.
01:23It happens.
01:25Next point.
01:26I'm still on the same point.
01:27It's not for me to talk to the God.
01:29Mr. Husband must take care of that himself.
01:31He's right, you know.
01:32And another thing.
01:33You certainly don't want the God to know that Phil has got anything to do with you and the girl.
01:37Why doesn't Phil travel as an ordinary passenger?
01:42Okay.
01:43See, you're both a couple of geniuses.