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Don't bother watching if you're some plugged-up type demanding Sir Anthony Hopkins-quality acting coupled with high-brow story lines: It isn't in there, and you'll never get it. If you haven't got a somewhat offbeat sense of humor, you'll simply never understand what it is about this movie that delights those of us that do.

Go rent something with explosions, helicopters or car chases instead.

What a disappointment. After enjoying "Fargo" and seeing how highly rated this movie was in IMDB ratings, I sprang for the $1.60 rental.

That would have bought a cheap hamburger.

Paul Newman, one of my favorite actors, does NOT make a menacing or sinister character. It apparently isn't in his genes; he's meant to be the lovable cad 'Luke' or even 'Hud'. About the only redeeming quality this movie has is sets, which remind one of "Fargo" or "Batman".

Save your money or get the hamburger instead.

Steve McQueen was one of the most naturally talented actors to come along, and this movie, along with 'The Sand Pebbles', is one of my favorite McQueen movies. Ali McGraw is excellent (much better here, as compared to that sappy role she had in 'Love Story') as his on-screen wife, a team which is used to rob a bank but is double crossed by the insiders who stand to profit from the robbery. Sally Struthers even turns in a credible performance as someone exhibiting what will later be coined as the "Stockholm Syndrome", and the late Al Lettieri is great as one of their pursuers.

A far better movie than the 1994 remake.