''The Stick Up'' is a 1977 British

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

crime film written and directed by

Jeffrey Bloom Jeffrey Allen Bloom is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and photographer, currently residing in Studio City, California. His film projects include ''Flowers in the Attic'', ''Nightmares'', ''Blood Beach'' and ''Dogpound ...

and starring

David Soul David Soul (born David Richard Solberg; August 28, 1943) is an American-British actor and singer. He is known for his role as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the television series ''Starsky & Hutch'' from 1975 to 1979; Joshua Bolt on ' ...

. It was executive produced by

Elliott Kastner Elliott Kastner (January 7, 1930 – June 30, 2010) was an American film producer, whose best known credits include ''Where Eagles Dare'' (1968), '' The Long Goodbye'' (1973), ''The Missouri Breaks'' (1976), and '' Angel Heart'' (1987). Early li ...

. It was one of the first films from financier

Arnon Milchan Arnon Milchan ( he, ארנון מילצ'ן; December 6, 1944) is an Israeli businessman, film producer and spy. He has been involved in over 130 full-length motion pictures and is the founder of production company Regency Enterprises. Regency's ...

although he felt the film was so bad he had his name removed from the credits. The film was known during production as ''Mud''.

Plot

Cast

as Duke Turnbeau * Pamela McMyler as Rosie McCratchit *

Johnnie Wade Johnnie Wade is a retired British film and television actor. His most memorable role was playing put upon handyman 'Roger' in the ITV Yorkshire TV comedy series '' You're Only Young Twice'' between 1977 and 1981, he is one of only two members of ...

as Smiley * Michael Balfour as Sam * Michael McStay as Mechanic *

Tony Melody Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leag ...

as First Policeman * Norman Jones as Second Policeman * Mike Savage as Lorry Driver *

Gordon Gostelow Gordon Massey Gostelow (14 May 1925 – 3 June 2007) was an Australian actor. He was educated in Australia at North Sydney Boys High School and Sydney University where he graduated in Economics. Gostelow went to England in 1950 and worked ...

as Farmer * Connie Vascott as Farmer's Wife *

Leslie Hardy Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family ...

as Farmer's Child * Julie May as Prison Matron *

Nosher Powell George Frederick Bernard Powell (15 August 1928 – 20 April 2013), credited as Nosher Powell, Freddie Powell, or Fred Powell, was an English actor, stuntman and boxer. He is best known for his work in the ''James Bond'' film series, most ...

as Manager *

Alan Tilvern Alan Tilvern (5 November 1918 – 17 December 2003) was an English actor. He was known for usually playing "tough-guy" roles. Life Tilvern was born 5 November 1918 in Whitechapel, in the East End of London, to Jewish-Lithuanian parents, who c ...

as Richie * Robert Longden as Second Roadblock Policeman

References

External links

* 1977 films 1977 romantic comedy films 1970s crime comedy films British romantic comedy films British crime comedy films Films set in 1935 1970s English-language films Films directed by Jeffrey Bloom 1970s British films Romantic crime films {{romantic-comedy-film-stub