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Luther Witney, a perfectionist master thief, plans to retire on the proceeds of one last job and that is stealing jewels and cash from one of the US's most wealthy businessmen. Things become complicated when the businessman's unfaithful wife turns up on the scene of the crime with her drunken lover. Their love soon turns to violence but the lover is none other than the President of the United States...
...[A] strong cast, lively rejoinders and moments of discreet panache....Mr. Eastwood's own performance sets a high-water mark for laconic intelligence and makes the star seem youthfully spry...
...Eastwood gutsily stages the extended opening slowly and methodically...