High Risk

High Risk (1981)

Genres - Action, Adventure, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Adventure Comedy, Caper, Crime Comedy  |   Release Date - May 1, 1981 (USA)  |   Run Time - 94 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom, Mexico, United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur

Stewart Raffill directs the high-action comedy caper igh Risk about a four-man band of theives trying to pull off the perfect crime. Stone (James Brolin), Tony (Chick Venera), Dan (Bruce Davidson), and Rockney (Cleavon Little) hire two inept airplane pilots and plot a major heist. The plan is to rob a mansion in South America belonging to the wealthy drug lord Serrano (James Coburn). After they break open his safe and steal five million dollars, they try to escape the jungle while being followed by the Columbian army and a group of bandits led by Mariano (Anthony Quinn). Ernest Borgnine appears in a brief cameo.

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drug-dealer, filmmaker, friendship, gangster, mercenary, robbery, terrorism, weapons