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Killer ForceKiller Force (1976)
Dir. Val Guest
Feat. Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Hugh O'Brian
Routine heist film made palpable by its oddball casting, with Savalas hot on the heels of Fonda and his crack team of thieves as they plot an…
Dog Day AfternoonDog Day Afternoon (1975) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Al Pacino
Al Pacino is stunning as a deluded no–hoper who robs a New York bank to finance his lover's sex change operation. Riveting drama based on a…
Inside OutInside Out (1975)
Dir. Peter Duffell
Feat. Telly Savalas, Robert Culp, James Mason
UK action thriller film, shot in West Berlin and The Netherlands. Thirty years after World War II, a team of former soldiers from both the US and…
Gone in 60 SecondsGone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Dir. H.B. Halicki
Feat. H.B. Halicki
Cult action–classic rides shotgun with car–converter Maindrain Pace (dir. Halicki) as he attempts to steal 48 high–performance…
Taking of Pelham 123, TheTaking of Pelham 123, The (1974) Aro Favourite
Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Robert Shaw, Walter Matthau, Martin Balsam
Superlative '70s heist movie – four gunmen hi–jack a train and threaten to kill one passenger for every minute the ransom is late. Taut,…
Thunderbolt and LightfootThunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges
Eastwood employs high–powered artillery to blast bank vaults, but complications arise when he teams with carefree Jeff Bridges to retrieve loot…
Dirty MoneyDirty Money (Un Flic) (1972) Recommended
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve
Final film by the suspense–specialist Melville (LE SAMOURAI), spins a familiar tale of cops and bank–robbers involving Alain Delon,…
Getaway, TheGetaway, The (1972) Recommended
Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw
Husband–and–wife crime team Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw have a nightmare of a time escaping to Mexico after a botched bank robbery. …
RentadickRentadick (1972)
Feat. Richard Briers, James Booth, Richard Beckinsale
From a screenplay by John Cleese and Graham Chapman, Rentadick, a band of private detectives, are hired to protect a rich scientist's business as…
Anderson Tapes, TheAnderson Tapes, The (1971)
Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam
An inventive, if over–ambitious thriller in which a master–thief (Connery) recently released from prison plans a difficult heist, without…

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