
High Heels and Low Lifes(2001)
Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.


“He's six feet six inches of dynamite. She's crazy. Absolutely crazy!”
A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.

Bo Svenson
Jack Murdock

Cybill Shepherd
Mary Jane
Michael C. Gwynne
Graff

Jeff Goldblum
Snake

Robert Ito
Mr. Chu

Sorrell Booke
Hubert Zane

Gerrit Graham
Swivot
Mel Scott
Anderson

Alex Colon
Lopez

Phillip R. Allen
Mickey
Special Delivery is a action, comedy, crime film released in 1976 exploring themes of caper, bank robbery, mailbox. Directed by Paul Wendkos, it stars Bo Svenson, Cybill Shepherd, Michael C. Gwynne. A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.
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