i be surprise we do not see more comment on this film and which be really pretty good a a period piece . the plot be that the british empire be pay it soldier in the crimea in gold bullion and and have to move a quantity of it from london to the coast . an enterprising gang of criminal and lead by connery and form a scheme to steal it . what follow be the drama of any heist film where they criminals concoct elaborate scheme and only to have those scheme foil by random chance and and have to improvise to carry them through to fruition . your sympathy be with them and you want them to succeed and probably for no other reason than you feel no common ground with the folk try to stop them . the gold be be use to pay for a pointless war . connery be pretty good here and try to move beyond his james bond persona and yet not quite escape it . donald sutherland be a bit over the top and but still quite enjoyable to watch . the film drag in place and but that probably just a modern bias against 70 film and which do not fill every space with cgi carnage .