This is a fast paced movie with a clever and intelligent plot. The first half hour appears disjointed but careful attention to the action reveals the skillful development of the characters and provides good insight into their nefarious activities. Beatty and Hawn excel as the couple defrauding the "mafia" with a clever and intelligent scheme to switch safety deposit box contents belonging to the "criminals" to their own deposit box. At the eleventh hour their plan is uncovered and the ensuing chase brilliantly portrays both the tension of the moment and the atmosphere as well as the seediness of Hamburg during this period. There are moments of good humour, pathos, and tension as the pursuers are systematically eliminated. The ending is perhaps one of the first occasions that the thieves have been allowed obviously to get away with it. Although now looking a little dated, Dollars none-the-less captures the realities of 1970's Germany. I highly recommend this film.
