The Great Telephone Robbery

The Great Telephone Robbery

1972 · 100 min · ★ 6.5 · Crime, Comedy

Meshulam, a lowly bank clerk, has two hobbies: crime novels, and the ability to calculate investment interest in his head. When he learns of a local gang's plot to rob the bank, Meshulam realizes that this is his chance to make himself the hero of his own crime story -- by stopping them, in his own unique way!

Directed by Menahem Golan · Written by Menahem Golan

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