I love this movie so much

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Blistering performances.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Ah yes, the "ex-con pulls one more job" movie that every actor signs up for at least once in his career. And, if you like him, you'll go out and watch the movie to support his career. If you don't, you'll roll your eyes during the preview and wait until your celebrity boyfriend acts in one. That being said, Kirk Douglas fans should run out and watch The Master Touch. Non-fans should wait, because unless you're armed with your crush, you probably won't enjoy the movie.Kirk gets out of prison and returns home to his girlfriend Florinda Bolkan, who wants him to stay straight. Giuliano Gemma leads him into temptation-as always happens in these movies-and Kirk has to decide whether he'll risk his freedom and his girlfriend for the chance to pull of one last, big heist. The movie is very 1970s, so expect a slow pace, car chases, long shots and zooms, and a European flavor. If you particularly like that style, you'll find the movie more enjoyable. If not, you'll get through it and look forward to the next Kirk Douglas movie you rent.

Well it appears that everyone likes the car chase scene here. It WAS rather well done, and the bonus was having one of the transport cars fall off it's rig on top of the Miller henchman (Romano Puppo) vehicle. You would think the nameless tough guy would have learned his lesson after getting the snot kicked out of him by Marco (Giuliano Gemma) the previous two times. Come to think of it, the liquor shop brawl was pretty classic as well.I saw this flick under the title "The Master Touch", and it seemed fairly apropos considering the plot. Kirk Douglas portrays a safe cracker just released from prison who gets the idea for one last heist after turning down a former employer in favor of going it alone. Except he doesn't go it alone, and it all might have worked out if pretty boy Marco had ditched the knife like Wallace (Douglas) told him to. The parallel heists were another bonus, with Marco's job providing the cover alibi Wallace needed to escape scrutiny for the million dollar take. I wonder if Miller ever figured that out? The film has one thing you're not likely ever to see again once you've seen it here. When Marco double crosses Wallace and steals the big bundle in the suitcase, Wallace gives chase across huge mounds of coal near the Hamburg docks. You have to hand it to the film makers, they tried hard to come up with something original.

It surprises me that for my 1st review, I would be moved to write a piece on this movie. I bought it for $1.99 at the local DVD store just because of the cover featuring Kirk Douglas as the star. What moved him to do this movie at this stage of his career would be interesting to know. In any event, I really enjoyed this movie a great deal. It had a car chase that rivals two of my favorites of all time in Bullit and the French Connection. It had the most realistic fight scenes I can remember seeing. The heist was elaborately thought out befitting the USA title of The Master Touch. It had a great twist at the end. A very good musical score composed by one of my favorites of all time by Ennino Moricone. Finally, It even had what I felt was a moral message to pass on at the end. Unfortunately, it also had a couple of big negatives that would perhaps bother a number of viewers. The quality of the DVD transfer is poor. Also, except for Kirk, the performer's lines are dubbed in English.All in all however, I enjoyed this movie tremendously and feel like I uncovered an unknown gem which for movie lovers provides a great satisfaction in itself.

I recently got this on DVD and I was surprised that it is not a half bad heist film! This might seem at first glance to be a low budget European flick, but if you stick with it there are some decent fight scenes, one pretty cool car chase (made the way when car chases really WERE car chases and not just done with crap computer effects like parts of the Gone In Sixty Seconds remake, where the drivers don't appear to be in any real jeopardy) and a surprisingly good heist story complete with some good plot twists and turns.The film is dated in parts but all in all it holds up quite well. And Kirk Douglas gives a good performance as an over the hill thief wanting to pull one last score. All in all, The Master Touch is not bad way to spend an afternoon. Ciao, ciao, baby.