Tag: armored car
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The simple art of robbery: Four noirs about loot — and gangs that will do anything to get it
Heist movies all have the same story at heart. A gang goes after a big score and the crooks use teamwork to get the loot. But tensions mount and plans of a clean getaway implode. The four heist movies below all have the same cash-grab backbone, but the details of each range from the simple…
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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…