The Squeeze (1978)

Directors

Antonio Margheriti

Cast

Lee Van Cleef, Karen Black, Edward Albert, Lionel Stander, Ron Van Clief, Antonella Murgia, Robert Alda, Dan van Husen, Angelo Infanti, Peter Carsten, Steven Burch

The story

Retired safe-cracker Chris Gretchko is coaxed out of comfortable retirement by Jeff Olafson, the impulsive son of a former accomplice, who begs him to help steal an undocumented shipment of diamonds to satiate Van Stratten, a New York City crime boss whose mistress, Jessica, has been seeing Jeff on the side. Chris subsequently recruits his old friend, pawn shop owner Sam, who agrees to fence the diamonds afterward. When they learn Van Stratten intends to cut them out of the deal, Chris and Jeff plot a countermeasure, resulting in Jeff getting thrown in jail to give him plausible deniability, and Chris convalescing in a safe house after…

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