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With Richard Basehart, Ned Beatty, Charlene Dallas, Burgess Meredith. The officers of a small town bank discover a huge shortfall just before the bank examiners are due to visit. Not knowing who the crook is, they decide to fix the books and then rob the bank themselves to cover up everything.
- (254)
- Comedy
- Joseph Jacoby
- 1978-11
Country. United States. Language. English. The Great Bank Hoax is a 1978 American comedy film written and directed by Joseph Jacoby. The film stars Richard Basehart, Ned Beatty, Charlene Dallas, Burgess Meredith, Michael Murphy, Paul Sand and Constance Forslund .
There's intrigue and deception at a small-town bank when it is discovered that an unsuspecting employee (Paul Sand) has embezzled thousands of dollars. Leading bank officers Jack Stutz (Burgess...
- (5)
- Joseph Jacoby
- PG
- Burgess Meredith
Jan 16, 2009 · The Great Bank Hoax (1978) is a comedy about a couple of small town bank officers (Burgess Meredith, Richard Basehart) who concoct a scheme to scam their own bank out of a hefty sum of money. With the bank examiner due to arrive soon, the entire community soon gets involved in the scam, often with hilarious results.
- Joseph Jacoby
- Burgess Meredith
When a Georgia bank suffers the potential embarrassment of having an embezzlement revealed, bank officers stage a robbery to cover up the crime in this hilarious Watergate allegory. 3 IMDb 5.1 1 h 29 min 1978. X-Ray PG. Comedy · Downbeat · Exciting · Playful. Available to rent or buy.
Bank officers Manny Benchly (Richard Basehart), Julius Taggart (Ned Beatty), and Jack Stutz (Burgess Meredith) discover $100k is missing from their small town bank. In order to avoid any scandal, they decide to cook the books and fake a robbery. Head bank clerk Richard Smedley (Paul Sand) is being enticed.
When, on the eve of an inspection by a bank examiner, the executives of a small-town bank discover that a trusted employee has been embezzling, they concoct a plan to cover the loss--which will net them a tidy sum in the process.
