1968 - THEY CAME TO ROB LAS VEGAS, one of those elaborate heist films.

One of those elaborate heist films like Ocean's 11, Rififi, the remake of Ocean's 11, Ocean's 12, Ocean's 13 etc. They Came To Rob Las Vegas was filmed by a Spanish director in the United States and Spain.  The cast is certainly very eclectic, Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J. Cobb, Mr. Rififi himself Jean Servais, Jack Palance and Lee J. Cobb.

The story is about a revenge heist where our antihero played by Gary Lockwood decides to steal an armored truck right under the noses of the police and some American gangsters.  Frankly the plot is rather preposterous but just watching how the writers work it out is rather entertaining.

The movie has decent location work, the acting isn't bad, even Elke Sommer gives a fairly decent performance for a change.  The action and the gun play is fairly decent.

 

All and all this is a fairly good 1960's crime film set in Las Vegas but with a kind of weird European vibe to it which I guess isn't surprising since it's an international film production.

The running time is 129 minutes, the film was written by Antonio Isas, Lluis Josep Comeron, Jorge Illa and Jo Eisinger.