Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "heist"

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The Professionals *** (1960, William Lucas, Andrew Faulds, Colette Wilde, Stratford Johns) – Classic Movie Review 13,374

The suspenseful and absorbing 1960 British heist thriller The Professionals stars William Lucas, Andrew Faulds, Colette Wilde and Stratford Johns, in which gang of criminals plan to break into a London city bank vault via […]

Jan, 27

Daylight Robbery *** (2008, Geoff Bell, Shaun Parkes, Paul Nicholls, Vas Blackwood, Johnny Harris, Leo Gregory) – Classic Movie Review 13,355

Paris Leonti’s 2008 British crime film Daylight Robbery is a very decent, old-fashioned B-movie-style heist thriller that entertains nicely. Geoff Bell stars as Alex, who masterminds an outrageous plan to steal millions of pounds in […]

Jan, 16

The Flying Scot [Mailbag Robbery] *** (1957, Lee Patterson, Kay Callard, Alan Gifford) – Classic Movie Review 12,864

Compton Bennett’s suspense-packed 1957 British black and white B-movie crime caper heist thriller film The Flying Scot [Mailbag Robbery] stars Lee Patterson, Kay Callard and Alan Gifford. Producer/ director Compton Bennett’s suspense-fuelled 1957 British black […]

Apr, 29

The Biggest Bundle of Them All *** (1968, Robert Wagner, Raquel Welch, Godfrey Cambridge, Davy Kaye, Vittorio De Sica, Edward G Robinson) – Classic Movie Review 12,429

The 1968 crime film The Biggest Bundle of them All is set in Naples, and stars Robert Wagner, Raquel Welch and Edward G Robinson. A kidnapped mobster gets a novice gang of crooks to steal […]

Feb, 23

Crackers **½ (1984, Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn) – Classic Movie Review 11,412

Director Louis Malle’s 1984 crime caper film Crackers is a lightweight comedy thriller about a group of bungling safecrackers who try to pull off a heist on a San Francisco pawnbroker’s store. The small-time thieves […]

Jul, 21

Traitor’s Gate [Das Verrätertor] ** (1964, Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger, Klaus Kinski, Catherine Schell) – Classic Movie Review 11,274

Director Freddie Francis’s 1964 black and white West German-British co-production Traitor’s Gate [Das Verrätertor] is a decent, compelling, atmospheric Edgar Wallace crime thriller about two brothers who organise a group of criminals in a scam to […]

Jun, 05

The Gelignite Gang ** (1956, Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne, James Kenney) – Classic Movie Review 11,139

‘From Today’s Headlines Comes The Story of Killers That Terrorized a City… and the Men and Their Women Who Blew the Lid Sky High.’ Directors Francis Searle and Terence Fisher’s 1956 humble British B-movie black […]

Apr, 27

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