Believe it or not, these guys will pull off the largest cash robbery in all the violent and bizarre history of American crime. The Big Heist 2001 starring Donald Sutherland & John Heard & Jamie Harris & Janet Kidder & Nick Sandow & Michael P Moran & Joe Pingue & Bo Rucker et al, director Robert Markowitz, commentary
Rob a bank … As long as you don’t do it too many times you’re fine. The Place Beyond the Pines 2013 starring Ryan Gosling & Bradley Cooper & Eva Mendes & Ben Mendelsohn & Dane DeHaan & Emory Cohen & Rose Byrne & Ray Liotta et al, director Derek Cainfrance, Robin to Glanton
You gotta rob to get rich in the Reagan era. New Jack City 1991 starring Wesley Snipes & Ice-T & Judd Nelson & Allen Paynes & Chris Rock & Bill Nunn & Russell Wong & Bill Cobbs & Christopher Williams et al, director Mario van Peebles, Nino to gang
I got a plan to knock off twenty million bucks from Lufthansa. The Last Drop 2005 starring Billy Zane & Laurence Fox & Louis Dempsey & Lucy Gaskell & Coral Beed & Andrew Howard & Jack Dee & David Ginola & Neil Newbon & Tommy Flanagan et al, director Colin Teague, insider
I said the marine corps. I’m joining. Yeah. I’m talking about I wanna do something else. I don’t want to go to college. I’m sick of school. Dead Presidents 1995 starring Larenz Tate & Keith David & Chris Tucker & Bokeem Woodbine & Freddy Rodriguez & Rose Jackson & N’ Bushe Wright & Alvaleta Guess & James Pickens & Martin Sheen et al, director Albert & Allen Hughes, Anthony
You gotta remember I’m dealing with the NYPD – the greediest most corrupt people on the face on the Earth. ibid. Kirby to Anthony
Him: What if I trusted you?
Her: You know you can’t. The Thomas Crown Affair 1999 starring Pierce Brosnan & Rene Russo & Faye Dunaway & Denis Leary & Fritz Weaver & Frankie Faison & Ben Gazara & Mark Margolis & Esther Canadas et al, director John McTiernan
I don’t like you so don’t fuck with my train again. Money Train 1995 starring Wesley Snipes & Woody Harrelson & Jennifer Lopez & Robert Blake & Chris Cooper & Joe Grifasi & Scott Sowers & Skipp Sudduth et al, director Joseph Ruben, Donald the train boss
I have to look after my brother. ibid. Snipes to Lopez
The best place to keep your valuables is right here … ibid. Harrelson
Frank, do you happen to know why blind people don’t skydive? Well I’ll tell you; it’s because it scares the shit out of the dogs. ibid. Harrelson
It’s supposed to be easy. Get in, get out, get rich. Nobody gets hurt. But when New York mobsters go after millions in Lufthansa’s New York cargo area, nothing does to plan. An inside job with more than a few twists it’s shocking and violent. Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan s1e4: Lufthansa Heist, History 2023
At 3 a.m. the van pulls up to the unrestricted front entrance of Lufthansa building 261. All but two of the crew exit the van. The heist begins now … ‘No alarms, no security guards’. ibid.
‘This is more than $20 million in today’s money.’ ibid.
Police link twelve murders to the Lufthansa heist. ibid.
More than $5 million simply vanish. ibid.
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A daring thief baffles police while feeding his ego. Even after he is caught the authorities still can’t stop him ... For three years the Roof-Top Robber evaded authorities, hitting restaurants from coast to coast ... Jeffrey Manchester, the Roof-Top Robber, is finally captured ... Jeffrey Manchester has pulled off the most ingenious prison break in US history. Masterminds s3e9: The Great Escape, History 2005
Manchester takes refuge in the store [Toys R Us] ... Manchester creates a hiding space ... Months of being cooped-up begin to wear on Manchester ... On November 28th 2004 Manchester strikes the Toys R Us. Scoring $15,000 Manchester relaxes only a few feet from the scene of the crime. ibid.
Manchester commits another robbery ... Combing the warehouse police make another discovery. But the suspect is not there. ibid.
You one of those unibomber types? Logan Lucky 2017 starring Daniel Craig & Hillary Swank & Canning Tatum & Adam Driver & Riley Keough & Katie Holmes & Farrah Mackenzie & Katherine Waterson & Dwight Yoakam & Jack Quaid & Seth MacFarlane et al, director Steven Soderbergh, old duck in hairdressers to Jimmy
Ten Top Rules For Robbing A Bank 1) Decide to rob a bank; 2) Have a plan; 3) Have a back-up plan; 4) Establish clear communications; 5) Choose your partners carefully; 6) Expect the unexpected; 7) Shit happens; 8) Don’t get greedy; 9) Remember, shit happens; 10) Hang up and know when to walk away. ibid. list on wall
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A dazzling cache of jewellery that vanishes into thin air. A mystery woman, a cop turned robber, and a flawless crime. It was the greatest unsolved robbery in the mid-west. Masterminds s2e8: The Jewellery Show Job, History 2004
August 1994 Columbus, Ohio: hundreds of jewellery salesman arrived at the Hyatt Regency Hotel for the biggest jewellery convention in the mid-west. ibid.
The mysterious lady who had checked in late had completely disappeared. ibid.
They didn’t have the slightest inkling that the mastermind was really one of their own: the legendary ex-chief of Chicago police William Hanhardt. ibid.
With solid connections on both sides of the law the opportunity was too tempting to pass up. Jewellery salesmen became Handhardt’s prey and he called on his old gangsta friends for help. ibid.
Karen [Hanhardt’s wife] testified about the entire gang’s involvement in the Hyatt Regency heist. ibid.
A mastermind makes pizza by day and a fortune by night … ‘A master burglar, a master safe-cracker.’ Masterminds s2e13: The Museum Heist
In the early 1990s Akron, Ohio, was hit with an unprecedented series of jewellery-store heists. ibid.
In July 1994 the gang struck the Headley Whitney museum 300 miles south in Lexington. ibid.
James Quinn engineered the biggest jewellery spree in US history. ibid.
The ARA is also known as The Company. The gang has built a reputation for robbing banks: 22 since 1994 and pushing its racist agenda. Gangland s7e8: Army of Hate, History 2010
I’m laughing at Life. Welcome to Collinwood 2002 starring William H Macey & Isaiah Washington & Sam Rockwell & Patricia Clarkson & George Clooney & Michael Keter & Luiz Guzman & Andrew Davoli et al, directors Anthony & Joe Russo, gangsta in prison cell
He says it could be his Bellini. ibid. Cosmo’s bird