The Alpha Caper

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | alt_name = '''''The Inside Job''''' | caption = | genre = {{hlist|Crime|Thriller|Drama}} | creator = | based_on = | developer = | writer = Elroy Schwartz | screenplay = | story = | director = Robert Michael Lewis | starring = Henry Fonda<br>Leonard Nimoy<br>Larry Hagman | music = Oliver Nelson | country = United States | language = English | executive_producer = Harve Bennett | producer = Aubrey Schenck | location = Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California | cinematography = Enzo Martinelli | editor = Les Green | camera = | runtime = 85 minutes | company = Universal Television<br>Silverton Productions | budget = | network = ABC | released = {{Start date|1973|10|06}} }} '''''The Alpha Caper''''' (also known as '''''The Inside Job''''') is a 1973 American made-for-television<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069693/fullcredits/|title = The Alpha Caper (TV Movie 1973) - IMDb|website = IMDb}}</ref> 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''.<ref>Goldberg, Lee ''Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989'' Adventures in Television, 5 Jul 2015</ref>

==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

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0069693}} * ''Time Out Film Guide'', 2009 Edition

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alpha Caper, The}} Category:1973 films Category:1973 television films Category:1973 English-language films Category:1973 crime thriller films Category:American Broadcasting Company original films Category:American heist films Category:Films produced by Harve Bennett Category:Television pilots not picked up as a series Category:Films directed by Robert Michael Lewis Category:1973 American films Category:English-language crime thriller films