We’ve all been inside. Including me. ibid. woman on reception desk
I’m a swine. I’m a rotten swine. ibid. Phillips
Now he had become the still centre of that spinning wheel of misfortune. The world turned round him leaving him miraculously untouched. Croupier 1998 starring Clive Owen & Alex Kingston & Gina McKee & Kate Hardie & Nicholas Ball & Alexander Morton & Nick Reding & Paul Reynolds & Barnaby Kay, director Mike Hodges
Welcome back, Jack, to the house of addiction. ibid.
The world breaks everyone. ibid.
And superstition too: it’s like witchcraft. ibid.
Her: There’s no hope in it.
Him: It’s the truth. ibid.
Three years you've been in here now and never once have you even tried to escape. Two Way Stretch 1960 starring Peter Sellers & Wilfrid Hyde-White & Maurice Denham & Irene Handl & Lionel Jeffries & Liz Fraser & David Lodge & Beryl Reid & Bernard Cribbins et al, director Robert Day, Handl
The plan is perfect. Given the right conditions. A Prize of Arms 1962 starring Stanley Baker & Helmut Schmid & Tom Bell & Patrick Magee & John Phillips & John Westbrook & Jack May & Frank Gatliff & Michael Ripper & Tom Adams et al, director Cliff Owen, Baker
Highwaymen terrorized the roads … King George set up a special police force. Carry on Dick 1974 starring Sid James & Barbara Windsor & Kenneth Williams & Hattie Jacques & Bernard Bresslaw & Joan Sims & Kenneth Connor & Peter Butterworth & Jack Douglas & Bill Maynard & Margaret Nolan & Patsy Rowlands & John Clive & David Lodge et al, director Gerald Thomas, opening scene
Big Dick – owing to the unusual size of his weapon. ibid.
This is my town. The pride of Essex. Twinned with Shitville, Luxembourg. Essex Heist 2017 starring Georgia Annable & Richard Carter & Adam Collins & Helen Crevel & Steven Dolton & Dean Leon Finlan & Evadne Fisher & Ryan Flamson & Marc Hamill & Marcus Langford et al, director Steve Lawson
What can I say? My mum was a cunt, God rest her soul. ibid.
We’re going to see some wrestling. Some say I’m crazy. Freedom to Die 1961 starring Paul Maxwell & Felicity Young & Bruce Seton & Kay Callard & T P McKenna & Laurie Leigh & James Neylin & Dermon Tuohy & Charlie Byrne & James Fitzgerald & Desmond Perry et al, director Francis Searle, him to her
Get rid of him, Mike, and make it neat. ibid. gangstas
£50,000 in cash. The police are going to be a little unhappy. Naked Fury 1959 starring Reed de Rowen & Kenneth Cope & Leigh Madison & Arthur Lovegrove & Alexander Field & Tommy Eytle & Ann Lynn & Marianne Brauns & Arthur Gross et al, director Charles Saunders, gang leader with American accent
You must marry again after a decent interval of mourning … oh a fortnight would be long enough to indicate your grief – you must keep abreast of the times. Loot 1970 starring Richard Attenborough & Lee Remick & Hywel Bennett & Milo O’Shea & Roy Holder & Dick Emery & Joe Lynch & John Cater & Aubrey Woods & Harold Innocent et al, director Silvio Narizzano
At the station the gold was loaded into the luggage van of the Folkstone train for shipment to the coast and there to the Crimea. The First Great Train Robbery 1978 starring Sean Connery & Donald Sutherland & Lesley-Anne Down & Alan Webb & Malcolm Terris & Robert Lang & Michael Elphick & Wayne Sleep et al, director Michael Crichton, commentary
George Davis, a man unjustly jailed for bank robbery. The wrong place the wrong time … On April 4th 1974 four armed men burst into the offices of the London Electricity Board in Ilford, making away with over the equivalent of £77,585 in payroll. Two passing policemen gave chase but couldn’t outrun the robbers who opened fire and eventually made good their escape. And so began a trial that made headlines around the world. And a campaign for justice unlike any other. The Guilty Innocent with Christopher Eccleston I: George Davis, Sky History 2024
‘Peter Chappell said, This is not right. He was with me that morning.’ ibid. George
1975: ‘I said, I’m being fitted up here … identified by five policeman.’ ibid.
Leaving George alone in the dock to face the verdict. ibid.
‘He gave me 20 years in total.’ ibid. George
Peter Chappell and Rose would have to go to greater lengths to get justice done. ibid.
‘George Davis Is Innocent OK was plastered everywhere. ‘ ibid. journalist
It must have been strange for George imprisoned and yet somehow at the absolute centre of this incredible moment of social change. ibid.
‘The most spectacular miscarriage of justice protest ever.’ ibid. journalist
‘And there was no explanation why … [he was] released with immediate effect … to absolute pandemonium, rock star reception.’ ibid. legal lady
The Brink’s-Mat job, the Security Express depot, and the Bank of America robbery; they are names etched in criminal history … I meet a few of them. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld s1e5: Your Money or Your Life
After a string of armed robberies across Essex and the south-east, Vic Dark and his accomplice set out to rob the Penthouse Nightclub in September 1988. It was supposed to be an easy job. ibid.
What do you suggest? Lock them in the safe? Strongroom 1962 starring Colin Gordon & John Chappell & Ann Lynn & Derren Nesbitt & Keith Faulkner et al, director Vernon Sewell [arrival of cleaners interrupts the robbery; bank manager and secretary bound, gagged, and locked in vault ]
Robber #1: How much d’you reckon there is?
Robber #2: Thirty thousand quid. ibid.
[news]: This was the glittering prize. The De Beers Millennium Star, a flawless stone of 203 carats. The Diamond Heist: Chapter 1: Robbers, Netflix 2025
[news]: Armed and masked robbers used a van equipped with a steel spike to ram a Securicor van early today. ibid.
Ray told me the target they were going for was the Millennium Star. ibid.
Ray told me if we can pull if we could pull it off, it was going to be the biggest heist of all time. ibid.
We had a team. Now we need to get to work. ibid.
But what this gang of criminals didn’t know is that we were following them. ibid. rozzer
[rozzer]: In July later that year Aylesford got hit. Myself and my two deputies went down to Kent and we spoke with the investigators. The Diamond Heist: Chapter 2: Cops
We need to catch them in the act. ibid.
Nobody goes to the Dome twice. ibid.
The reality was they’d done two robberies, both with multimillion-pound payoffs. They’d been unsuccessful and they were looking for their third big job. And this fitted that. But this was not their usual load that they went after.
I never thought that Wenham was the brains behind the idea. But we became convinced that Tong Farm was the key to identify the gang leader and the main perpetrators involved. ibid.
So the game plan was to let them do the robbery. ibid.
They were absolutely appalled that I knew about it. ibid. journalist
On the 6th November the JCB was taken all the way up to South-East London where it was placed in a coal yard that was within visual sight of the Dome. The boat is then brought up and taken to the far side of the river. So we knew the job was on for the next day. ibid. rozzer
[rozzer]: But there’s always something that can go wrong. The Diamond Heist: Chapter 3: Cops & Robbers
If this went wrong, it would be a disaster for the Flying Squad. ibid. reporter
The next thing we hear is that the JCB is on the move. ibid. rozzer
Despite all the planning the gang were simply outsmarted by police. ibid. news