The Alpha Caper

The Alpha Caper
Also known as	The Inside Job
Genre	Crime Thriller Drama
Written by	Elroy Schwartz
Directed by	Robert Michael Lewis
Starring	Henry Fonda Leonard Nimoy Larry Hagman
Music by	Oliver Nelson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Harve Bennett
Producer	Aubrey Schenck
Production locations	Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California
Cinematography	Enzo Martinelli
Editor	Les Green
Running time	85 minutes
Production companies	Universal Television Silverton Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 6, 1973 (1973-10-06)

The Alpha Caper (also known as The Inside Job) is a 1973 American made-for-television 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.

Cast

• Henry Fonda as Mark Forbes
• Leonard Nimoy as Mitch
• James McEachin as Scat
• Larry Hagman as Tudor
• Elena Verdugo as Hilda
• John Marley as Lee Saunders
• Noah Beery, Jr. as Harry Balsam
• Paul Kent as John Woodbury
• James B. Sikking as Henry Kellner
• Vic Tayback as Policeman #1
• Kenneth Tobey as Police Captain

See also

• List of American films of 1973

External links

• The Alpha Caper at IMDb
• Time Out Film Guide, 2009 Edition