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Sean Connery was in plenty of high-profile movies throughout his career, stealing the show in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, winning an Oscar for The Untouchables, and, of course, being the first actor to play James Bond on screen. He had an acting career that lasted from the 1950s until the start of the 21st century, taking on numerous lead roles across many genres and proving to be a scene-stealer whenever he had a supporting turn.
The First Great Train Robbery takes place in Victorian England, recreating the time period fairly well and hitting all the beats one would want an entertaining crime/thriller movie to hit. The period setting helps it stand out among other heist movies, with Connery and Sutherland both turning in good performances… and getting to wear some very tall hats while they do so, too.
The main character is a thief who’s caught by her boss , and then essentially gets blackmailed into having a twisted relationship with him, all the while she has to try and find a way out of her predicament. If anything, it might get a little too dark and heavy, being even more twisted than something like 1958’s Vertigo… but it has that typical Hitchcock polish, and Hedren and Connery both turn in good performances, each playing challenging roles.
When it comes to the plot of The Offence, things center on a police detective who’s pushed to his absolute limits while dealing with a man who’s the suspect behind some particularly heinous crimes. The aftermath of the detective’s violent outburst is unpacked and explored in tense and disquieting detail, with Connery’s performance in this rather grim movie being one of the best dramatic turns of his entire career.
2 'The Longest Day' Directors: Bernhard Wicki, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton The Longest Day scratches a similar itch as A Bridge Too Far, also being a World War II movie with an epic runtime and an impressive cast, this time including the likes of John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, and Robert Ryan, with Connery’s role ultimately being fairly small. Fitting its title, it is indeed a long movie, spanning three hours and being a comprehensive look at the D-Day landings at Normandy.
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