Category: heist
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The Big Knockoff: 14 Films With Armored Car Heists
If the movies are any indication, the 1940s and ’50s, especially the ’50s, must have been the golden age of armored car robberies — they were getting knocked over like clay pigeons in a shooting gallery. A common armored car robbery movie plot: Ex-con, recently paroled, finds a crummy job. Meets a girl. Wants…
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The Big Caper: Burning Desire For a Life of Luxury Drives Career Criminal to Score a Cool Million Bucks
Roxanne Arlen, Paul Picerni, Corey Allen, “The Big Caper” (1957). Heist films must always be centered around a carefully thought-out plan — and no matter how artfully arranged, the scheme will sooner or later go horribly wrong. Lots of stuff can cause a heist to crash and burn: a flaw in the plan; unforeseen circumstances;…