tony and his dim brother-in-law vinnie (allen garfield) put together a motley gang of thieves. they include the debonair jazz maffie (paul sorvino) and a slightly deranged iwo jima veteran, specs o'keefe (warren oates), who proposes to blow open the brink's safe with a bazooka. over the crew's objections, pino also invites the arrogant fence joe mcginnis (peter boyle) to be in on the job.