Der Anderson Clan (1971)
36KDer Anderson Clan: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker. After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
“… Gave THE ANDERSON TAPES a bad write up . Seriously this was a very well regarded heist movie when it was released but for some reason when it was broadcast very late on Channel 4 the other night all the TV guides said Sean Connery was wasting his time appearing in this turkey . I know Connery has appeared in more turkeys than reusuable stuffing but THE ANDERSON TAPES isnu0026#39;t one of them . It might not be classic Connery like THE HILL but as entertainment it more than succeeds u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI canu0026#39;t help thinking that the TV guide critics are somewhat underwhelmed by certain stereotypical aspects of the movie . Take for example the getaway driver who is black . There seems to have been an attitude in the early 70s that white men canu0026#39;t drive , see also DIRTY HARRY . But I think itu0026#39;s homosexuality rather than race that upsets some TV guide critics . Oh come on chaps , itu0026#39;s a fun thriller not some Derek Jarman art house ego trip and lines like :u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot; Describe him ? Fifty . Slightly podgy . Fag u0026quot; u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eand u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot; Do as your told and my man will keep his weapon in his pants u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot; Iu0026#39;ll be the judge of that u0026quot; u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eare actually amusing in a mainstream way . It might be politically correct to laugh at these things nowadays but at the time of the original caused a wry smile . u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd we get to see a very early performance by Christopher Walken before he became known as u0026quot; Dead Career Ham Walken u0026quot;”
