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  • Hilarious in Hindsight: Walking to the subway at the start of the robbery it could almost be the beginning of Reservoir Dogs.
  • Magnificent Bastard: Joe Harris is a senior citizen who, along with his friends Al and Willie, decides to rob a bank out of boredom. With Joe setting most of the plan, the three successfully steal from the bank, keeping their loot secretly in Al's nephew Pete's house. Later, the excitement causes Willie to pass away, leading Joe and Al to give Pete and his family a part of the money, claiming it to be Willie's life insurance. Joe and Al spend the rest of the money on a trip to Las Vegas, where they gain even more money through playing craps, but the exhaustion causes Al to pass away in his sleep. Joe then gives all of the money gained to Pete, asking him to never reveal it to anyone, and after being arrested by the police, Joe refuses to reveal the location of the loot. When asked by Pete in prison, Joe still refuses to give back the stolen money, not minding his life in prison and not believing it to be any different from his life with Al and Willie on the outside.
  • Tear Jerker: Willie and Al's deaths.

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