# "What's advertising but a legalized con game?"

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Podcast: [The Kulturecast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kulturecast-1093490)
Published: 2026-05-11T07:00:04+00:00
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## Resource

Mike White May continues with yet another Connery/Lumet joint, this time being an adaptation of the Lawrence Sanders book of the same name. Connery plays the titular Anderson, a burglar who is being inadvertantly surveilled by the a whole host of letter agencies, who decides to rob the building of latest squeeze right after he gets out of prison. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kulturecast--2883470/support .

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