About The Hold Up (1972)

Johnny gets ready for work as his wife gives him his lunch and stays behind to look after their newborn baby. Johnny drives to a factory where he works. The factory owner happens to be the father of Johnny's wife. Johnny meets with his co-workers Bob and Joe where they get laid off. But Johnny, thanks to his father-in-law, keeps his job. Desperate for money, Bob and Joe meet with Johnny at a local bar where they decides to rob a gas station to support themselves. Johnny reluctantly joins them out of friendship.

That night, the three friends hold up a Gulf filling station in their neighborhood. But the robbery goes wrong and all three are arrested.

Three months later, Johnny is shown returning to work at the factory while two of his co-workers discuss how Johnny's father-in-law used his money and influence to keep Johnny out of jail, while Joe and Bob receive prison sentences.

Movie Details

Language: English

Year of production: 1972

Length: 14:08

Country: United States

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Comments

  • Abel Ferrara on 07 July at 17:39

    [In 1972], Ferrara directed an ambitious short entitled The Hold Up (19), the screenplay of which is attributed to Ferrara and Nicodemo Oliverio (the only time the latter would use his real name on a film). The central character is Johnny (Ken Fowler), a blue collar worker married to a woman (Mary Kane (20)) whose father owns the factory where Johnny is employed. Johnny's coworkers Bob (Robert Denson) and Joe (Joe Guida) are laid off, but Johnny, presumably thanks to his father-in-law, keeps his job. Desperate for money, Bob and Joe decide to hold up a gas station, and Johnny joins them out of friendship. The robbery goes disastrously wrong, and the three friends are arrested. An epilogue set three months later shows Johnny returning to the factory while two men discuss how Johnny's father-in-law used his influence to keep Johnny out of jail: Bob and Joe both received prison sentences. To read the rest of this post, visit http://www.filmannex.com/posts/blog_show_post/the-hold-up-excerpt-from-abel-ferrara-the-moral-vision-by-brad-stevens/13522

  • irwansyahkwaw on 08 June at 11:02

    great documentary