... and how did he know that Kim Basinger had something worth stealing in her duffle bag? He & that service man were obviously working together. At first I thought that the man was a mercenary hired to get the money back. But judging from the events that followed, that wasn't the case. Did I miss something?
-The Divine Ms Slim
"I make him an offer he no refuse"
I didn't notice anything to indicate that he was working with the service man and he didn't know anything about the contents of the duffel bag...he just saw an easy mark and took it down, hoping there would be something of value in the bag.
shareRemember when Baldwin came and they went to look for him? When they saw him he was 'helping' someone else put their bag in a locker. Remember too how surprised and delighted he was when he saw that the bag was filled with money? He was just a petty thief.
I know you are, you said you are, but what am I?
Good question. I was just looking for him in the cast list and he's not there, and his character is not there! Quite a mystery.....why wouldn't he be included at all? After all, he played a prominent part, and he was a well known actor.
He was Richard Bright, the same man who played bodyguard/hit man Al Neri in all three Godfather movies. The man who took Fredo out in the fishing boat and whacked him.
Why no billing in the IMDb cast list?
Pat Squire
PS He wasn't working with the soldier. This sequel shows pretty well that he was just a thief who took what he could get with his little locker-key scam, but the original Steve McQueen movie made it even clearer.
PPS By the way, when I saw the original in the theater way back then, when they bought the truck from Slim Pickens and drove on down the road into Mexico I thought, "Hey! They got away!" And then I realized, oh yeah, it's called The Getaway!
What confuses me is why the thief didn't check the bag for the contents right after he cleaned it out of that locker?
He would have realized he had just made a huge score and he would have got the hell out of there.
For the sake of the plot it's easier to keep him in the train station area so I guess that's why he didn't leave.
ya, for the sake of the plot...but
He apparently had a ticket for the next train out, leaving in 20min, so he wanted to maximize his greed and opportunity by working the crowd as long as he could. Since, he worked the train stations constantly moving and paying for his tickets, and not always getting a good score. He had a good mark with the girl and then the family, but when he saw Doc, he knew the gig was up (too late.)
That thief was NOT Richard Bright in the (Bassinger/Baldwin version), get some glasses.
shareThat's a good answer. Also, what's the usual amount of time between when someone locks up their bag and then goes back to retrieve it? I can almost understand hanging around, and being on the lookout for more opportunities. Still, he carries around an extremely bulky bag without checking to see what's worth keeping?
And this little episode with the money does little to advance the plot, which is why I liked it. It's another obstacle thrown in, testing the trust between the two leads, and demonstrating McCoy's impressive skills.
Scott McKenna. He's right there on the first page of the cast list as "Red Shirt" (which is all he was described as in the film).