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Subgenre Sampler
Green Ice (1981)- Dir. Ernest Day
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Anne Archer, Omar Sharif - Cheesy, outlandish heist romance finds Ryan O'Neal embroiled in the high–stakes world of emerald smuggling. Omar Sharif is good value as an…
Hoodwink (1981)- Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. John Hargreaves, Judy Davis, Geoffrey Rush… - Devious bank robber Hargreaves eludes the law by pretending to be blind in this low–key Aussie caper–romance. Geoffrey Rush’s first…
Thief (1981)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. James Caan, Tuesday Weld - Exhilarating, distinctive portrait of a criminal professional, here a safecracker played with wired conviction by James Caan. A scorching…
Egouts Du Paradis, Les (The Sewers of Paradise) (1979)- Dir. Jose Giovanni
Feat. Francis Huster, Jean-François Balmer, Lila Kedrova - Romantic dramatization of "The Great Drain Robbery" of 1976, in which the Societe Generale Bank of France was robbed of over $10 million dollars by a…
Great Train Robbery, The (1978)- Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland - Smooth–running recreation of purportedly the first train robbery ever, of a load of gold bullion in 19th century Ireland. Sean Connery…
Hullabaloo over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Peggy Ashcroft, Saeed Jaffrey, Victor Banerjee - Television film from Merchant Ivory productions, about an attempted theft of valuable paintings from an Indian palace. The thieves include a museum…
Money Movers (1978)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Terence Donovan, Bryan Brown - Violent thriller has a group of security–guards arranging an inside–job, while the police and criminal–world circle like vultures…
Silent Partner, The (1978)- Dir. Daryl Duke
Feat. Elliott Gould, Susannah York, Christopher Plummer… - A clever twister about a bank heist during the Christmas season involving crafty teller Elliot Gould and psychotic hoodlum Christopher Plummer. A…
Straight Time (1978)- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, M. Emmet Walsh, Harry Dean Stanton… - Dustin Hoffman is brilliantly convincing as a convicted felon fighting a losing battle to go straight after a six year jail term, as are most aspects…
Brink's Job, The (1977)- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Peter Falk, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands… - In 1950, the Brink’s security firm in Boston was robbed of nearly $3,000,000, in one of the US’ largest ever heists. This version of events…
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