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A "spine-tingling and suavely performed" adventure (The Hollywood Reporter) based on history's first train robbery. Stunningly shot by the great cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth (2001: A Space Odyssey, Murder on the Orient Express), this "ingenious" (Variety) crime caper delivers mile-a-minute thrills and breathtaking excitement. Connery is Edward Pierce, a master thief who conceives a brilliant plan to steal a fortune in gold bars from a railroad...
122) Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Mr. and Mrs. Fox have a happy home life with their eccentric son Ash and visiting nephew Kristofferson until Mr. Fox decides to plan a heist of three local farms to steal all their chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys.
123) Inside man
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The perfect bank robbery quickly spirals into an unstable and deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a criminal mastermind, the hostages, a determined detective, and a power broker with a hidden agenda. As the minutes tick by and the situation becomes increasingly tense, one wrong move could mean disaster for any one of them.
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The bank job: A small-time crook takes on a bank heist when an old friend offers him an inside track to the vault. Along with his hastily assembled team of low-rung criminals, Terry finds himself in deep. The group becomes the target of ruthless mobsters, the police, government officials at the highest level, and even the royal family. Based on the true story of a British princess and a sex scandal.
The gentelmen: American ex-pat Mickey Pearson built...
125) Hana-bi
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Former police officer Nishi feels responsible for the shattered lives of his loved ones. His partner Horbie has been crippled in a disastrous stakeout, a colleague is shot dead by the same villain, and his own wife has a terminal illness. In debt to a yakuza loanshark, Nishi conceives a bank robbery to provide for his partner, help the dead cop's widow, and take one last holiday throughout Japan with his wife and share a final taste of happiness.
126) Scam
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Kim is a small-time scam artist whose talent lies in confidence scams and swindles. Mathew her new partner: a shy and naive wannabe criminal. Together they attempt to break into the seedy underbelly of Melbourne's crime scene. A mix of John Woo-style action and a fast-paced comedy Scam is the kind of film not often made in Australia, a funny, subversive, violent, action-comedy about the lives of criminals and cops. Filmed in 2001 over 12 days with...
127) Imperfections
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Cassie needs cash to launch her acting career and so goes to work for her mother's boyfriend -- a diamond importer -- but quickly finds herself involved in a heist and its aftermath.
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London, 1908. When feisty journalist and women's rights campaigner Sonia Winter uncovers the headquarters of the Assassination Bureau Limited, a clandestine enterprise that has existed for decades by bumping off the rich and powerful - but only if there's a good moral reason for it - she sets on a path of putting an end to its activities. Bankrolled by her press baron boss, Lord Bostwick, she commissions the organization to undertake the assassination...
130) Burglar
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"Ex-con Bernice Rhodenbarr is tough, smart, funny and in one helluva mess. A double-dealing cop is blackmailing her and wants $20,000 to keep quiet. The best way Bernice can raise the cash? Turn burglar for one last heist which regrettably ends in murder"--Container.
131) Ocean's 11
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Eleven friends who know each other from World War II service plan to rob five of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night. They develop a master plan, but after the whole thing is over something goes wrong.
132) A fine pair
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"When Esmeralda Marini pays a surprise visit to NYC police captain Mike Harmon, the uptight cop agrees to help her as a favor to her father, an old friend he hasn't seen in years. She explains that she wants to break into an Austrian villa and return gems stolen by a friend, but Mike has no idea it's all a con to rob the house herself. As the thrill of adventure loosens him up and he offers to become her partner, Mike must find a way to keep Esmeralda...
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Boys will be boys: "Narkover' School is perhaps more famous for its forgers than its academic prowess. Dr. Alec Smart gets the job as headmaster by enlisting the help of Brown, an ex-pupil with a good record in forgery! In return Dr. Smart is forced to employ Brown so he can prepare to steal a priceless necklace from rich founder, Lady Dorking. Inevitably all does not go according to plan and results in hilarity and confusion!"--Container.
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A stock broker, who is having financial troubles and in need of extra cash, and his younger brother conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. The only problem is that the owners of the jewelry store are their own parents. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
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