Harry and Walter Go to New York

Harry and Walter Go to New York is a 1976 American period comedy film written by John Byrum and Robert Kaufman, directed by Mark Rydell, and starring James Caan, Elliott Gould, Michael Caine, Diane Keaton, Charles Durning and Lesley Ann Warren. In the film, two downontheirluck con men try to pull off the biggest heist ever seen in late nineteenth century New York. They are opposed by the greatest bank robber of the day, and by a crusading newspaper editor.

A reforming newspaperwoman named Lissa Chestnut Keaton visits their cell. During her visit Dighby and Hill manage to photograph the bank plans with her camera, then burn the originals. They break out of prison the next day at the same time as Worth is paroled. They meet in New York City and, by force, Worth manages to extract a copy of the photographed plans from them. Dighby, Hill, and Chestnut then band with Chestnuts team of dogooders to race against Worth and his professional bank robbing squad to see who can rob the Lowell Bank and Trust first.James Caan later dubbed the film Harry and Walter Go to the Toilet and sacked his management after making the movie. The director sacrificed jokes to tell a story no one cared about, he said. ........

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