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Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, TheGreat St. Louis Bank Robbery, The (1959)
Dir. Charles Guggenheim, John Stix
Feat. Steve McQueen
This noir thriller is one of McQueen's best early roles, and although somewhat obscure has a cult reputation for its shootout scenes and intense,…
Odds Against TomorrowOdds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters
Injecting race problems into a surefire thriller formula, this has an unstable criminal trio – ex–convict (Ryan), crooked cop (Begley)…
Man in the VaultMan in the Vault (1956)
Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. William Campbell, Berry Kroeger, Karen Sharpe
Tommy Dancer is an ordinary man thrust into an extraordinary situation – a locksmith forced into a heist by a ruthless mobster and his…
Bob Le FlambeurBob Le Flambeur (Bob the Gambler) (1955) Recommended
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corney
Superb French noir from the dir. of LE SAMOURAI, here debuting with a taut plan to rob the Deauville casino, that grows ever more perilous for…
RififiRififi (1955) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Jean Servais, Jules Dassin, Magali Noel
The French reclaim film noir with this methodical and stylish heist movie, famous for its 35 minute real–time bank robbery, executed in virtual…
Violent SaturdayViolent Saturday (1955)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally
Crisp southern noir in which a bank robbery gone wrong ignites trouble in amongst the morally corrupt citizens of a small town. Ripping dialogue and…
Good Die Young, TheGood Die Young, The (1954) Recommended
Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Laurence Harvey, Sir Stanley Baker, Joan Collins
Fiery British heist–noir with a debt–burdened Laurence Harvey leading a motley crew of down–on–their–luck military men…
To Catch a ThiefTo Catch a Thief (1954)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly
Hitchcock takes a whimsical approach for this caper about a reformed cat burglar who sets about catching the thief that is imitating his old style.…
Kansas City ConfidentialKansas City Confidential (1952)
Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Lee Van Cleef, John Payne, Coleen Gray
A grimly tough crime drama set in the Kansas City underworld. Payne plays an ex–con who is jailed for an unrelated crime, and on release…

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