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Loophole is a British film of genre Drama with Albert Finney

Loophole (1981)

Loophole
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Length 1h45
Genres Drama,    Adventure,    Crime
Rating60% 3.001293.001293.001293.001293.00129

Loophole is a 1981 British heist film, directed by John Quested, and starring Albert Finney, Martin Sheen, Susannah York, Jonathan Pryce, Colin Blakely and Tony Doyle. It was written by Jonathan Hales, based upon the novel by Robert Pollock. Music is by Lalo Schifrin.

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Stephen Booker, jeune architecte de son État, se retrouve au chômage suite à la fermeture du cabinet dont il était associé. Alors qu'il est désespéré et surendetté, il est engagé par un certain Mike Daniels pour faire surélever un immeuble. Mais Booker apprend vite que ce projet est une couverture et que Daniels est en fait un escroc qui prépare un casse...

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