The Stick Up

The Stick Up

1977 · 101 min · ★ 5.6 · Comedy, Crime, Romance

Duke Turnbeau (David Soul) has come to England, in the 1930s, as a way to improve his fortunes. For some reason, he believes that his larcenous ways will bring him prosperity in the country which at one time or another has had rulership over a large portion of the globe. While there, he meets Rosie McCratchit (Pamela McMyler), a lovely Irish gal who could do with some improvement in her fortunes as well. Together, they have a series of legal, quasi-legal and definitely illegal adventures, including Duke's cow-roping and Rosie's response to the mud-wrestling challenge of the Amazon Lady, as well as an attempted armored-car robbery.

Directed by Jeffrey Bloom · Written by Jeffrey Bloom

Your Rating

Cast

David Soul Duke Turnbeau
Pamela McMyler Rosie McCratchit
Michael Balfour Sam
Patrick Durkin George
Alan Tilvern Richie
Johnnie Wade Smiley
Liz Smith Hotel Manageress
Tony Melody Policeman
Norman Jones Policeman
Glynn Edwards Roadblock Policeman
Stuart Fell Fairground Performer
Malcolm Weaver Fairground Performer

Make it a double feature

3h 22m together

The Stick Up

Swashbuckler

Both from Jeffrey Bloom.

More from Jeffrey BloomSee all →

Swan Song

Swan Song · 1980

MovieDramaTV Movie

Sun Valley provides the backdrop to this story of a downhill ski racer who seeks to make a comeback after being branded a loser and the ski bunny who helps him regain his self-respect.

Darkroom

Darkroom · 1981

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

'You're in a house. Maybe your own... maybe one you've never seen before. You feel it. Something evil. You run, but there's no escape... nowhere to turn. You feel something beckoning you... drawing you into the terror that awaits you in the Darkroom!' Darkroom is an American horror/thriller anthology broadcast on ABC from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. Similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery, each hour-long episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a different story and a different cast, but James Coburn hosts all the wraparound segments.

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect · 1982

MovieDramaThriller

A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls. He is hounded by the media and disowned by his friends and neighbours.

Flowers in the Attic

Flowers in the Attic · 1987

Flowers in the Attic

MovieDramaMystery

After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their mother who becomes less and less concerned about them and their failing health, and more concerned about herself and the inheritence she plans to win back from her dying father.

Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler · 1976

MovieAdventureAction

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

The Brotherhood of Justice

The Brotherhood of Justice · 1986

The Brotherhood of Justice

MovieThrillerAction

High-school students start a vigilante group in their neighbourhood but, as their power increases, they become more abusive and dangerous.

Nightmares

Nightmares · 1983

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.

11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse · 1974

MovieDramaAction

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.

Snow Job

Snow Job · 1972

MovieCrimeDrama

A famous skier, his mistress and a ski instructor rob a bank in the Alps and hide the loot in a crevasse.

The Right of the People

The Right of the People · 1986

The Right of the People

MovieTV MovieCrime

The Second Amendment of the Constitution forms the basis of this drama that follows the crusade of a lawyer to allow citizens to carry handguns. He launched his fight after his wife and daughter were killed during a robbery.

Starcrossed

Starcrossed · 1985

MovieScience FictionRomance

An alien woman is running from a deadly enemy and tries to hide on Earth where she meets a young mechanic, who helps her to get back home and to fight for the freedom of her people.

Blood Beach

Blood Beach · 1980

MovieScience FictionHorror

Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any chance of it reproducing? Meanwhile, David Huffman and Mariana Hill are once-almost-married old friends, reunited over the death of her mother on the beach, and searching for clues in the abandoned buildings where they used to play when they were young.

Through Naked Eyes

Through Naked Eyes · 1983

Through Naked Eyes

MovieThrillerTV Movie

A musician living in an apartment building likes to check out the residents of the building opposite him--until he finds out one day that an attractive woman in that building is checking him out. He strikes up a relationship with her. Soon afterwards a string of serial killings occurs in the neighborhood, and suspicion begins to fall on the musician.

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor · 1991

Fire! Trapped on the 37th Floor

MovieActionDrama

A fire breaks out on the 12th floor of the First Interstate Tower building in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Paul and Susan are working late on the 37th floor, along with cleaning staff, security, and building engineers, some of whom are installing sprinklers. The fire spreads rapidly and those in the building quickly become trapped.

Jealousy

Jealousy · 1984

MovieDramaTV Movie

In this made-for-TV drama, Angie Dickinson stars in three separate vignettes as a woman whose life is dramatically affected by the emotion that gives the film its name.

More Like This

The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve · 1941

MovieComedyRomance

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

Pride & Prejudice

Pride & Prejudice · 2005

Pride & Prejudice

MovieDramaRomance

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

Snatch

MovieCrimeComedy

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven · 2001

MovieThrillerCrime

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.

The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day · 1993

The Remains of the Day

MovieDramaRomance

In interwar Britain, a rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a new housekeeper. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

Chimes at Midnight

Chimes at Midnight · 1965

Chimes at Midnight

MovieComedyDrama

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral · 1994

Four Weddings and a Funeral

MovieComedyDrama

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs · 1971

MovieThrillerDrama

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate.

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary · 2001

Bridget Jones's Diary

MovieComedyRomance

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against expectations. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. Her charming boss takes an interest in her, and she cannot stop running into a rather disagreeable acquaintance whom Bridget cannot help finding quietly attractive.

Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can · 2002

Catch Me If You Can

MovieDramaCrime

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python and the Holy Grail · 1975

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

MovieAdventureComedy

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

Don't Lose Your Head

Don't Lose Your Head · 1967

Don't Lose Your Head

Amidst the French revolution, Citizen Robespierre is beheading the aristocracy! When word gets to England, noblemen Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy Pue take it upon themselves to aid their French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes 'The Black Fingernail' scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age · 2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

MovieDramaHistory

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.

The Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm · 2005

The Brothers Grimm

MovieAdventureFantasy

Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

Zootopia

Zootopia · 2016

MovieAnimationAdventure

Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter