The Alpha Caper

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The Alpha Caper
Also known asThe Inside Job
Genre
  • Crime
  • Thriller
  • Drama
Written by Elroy Schwartz
Directed byRobert Michael Lewis
Starring Henry Fonda
Leonard Nimoy
Larry Hagman
Music by Oliver Nelson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producer Harve Bennett
Producers Aubrey Schenck
Arnold F. Turner (associate producer)
Production locationsUniversal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California
Cinematography Enzo Martinelli
Editor Les Green
Running time85 minutes
Production companies Universal Television
Silverton Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseOctober 6, 1973 (1973-10-06)

The Alpha Caper (also known as The Inside Job) is a 1973 American made-for-television [1] crime thriller film directed by Robert Michael Lewis. It stars Henry Fonda as an embittered parole officer forced into early retirement, who decides to take revenge against the city officials by stealing a gold shipment being moved to a new depository. The television film was the final production of producer Aubrey Schenck and was a television pilot for an American television series called Crime. [2]

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  1. "The Alpha Caper (TV Movie 1973) - IMDb". IMDb .
  2. Goldberg, Lee Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989 Adventures in Television, 5 Jul 2015