Going in Style is a 1979 film written and directed by Martin Brest. It stars George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg. The casino scenes were shot at the Aladdin Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in New York City. They live off social security checks and spend their days sitting on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding...
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Going in Style is a 1979 film written and directed by Martin Brest. It stars George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg. The casino scenes were shot at the Aladdin Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in New York City. They live off social security checks and spend their days sitting on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children. It is a dull life, and finally Joe is driven to suggest something radical to break the monotony: why not go on a stick up? None of them have a criminal history (though Joe claims he "did some stealing during the war"), but just planning the bank robbery fills them with optimism. Al surreptitiously borrows some pistols from the collection of his nephew, Pete (Charles Hallahan), and the trio, disguised with novelty Groucho Marx-style glasses, pulls off their heist to the tune of USD$35,000 dollars....
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