Baby, I don’t care. ibid. Markham to Kathie
I don’t kick people out of their houses like you people at the bank do. Chinatown 1974 starring Faye Dunaway & Jack Nicholson & John Huston & Perry Lopez & Roman Polanski & John Hillerman & Darrell Zwerling & Diane Ladd & Roy Jenson & Richard Bakalyan et al, director Roman Polanski, detective to bankster in barber’ chair
FLORIDA & MIAMI: Robberies of the Century TV - Masterminds TV - Heist TV - Parker 2013 -
Loomis Fargo & Co: Philip Johnson chose to do something else: after years of planning he turned on his employer and stole more than $18 million. It was the largest cash robbery in American history. Robberies of the Century, 2001
It was a robbery he planned for years. He stole $19 million and vanished without a trace. He pulled off the largest cash heist in American history. Masterminds e35: Jacksonville Heist
After four years of planning Johnson is ready to strike. He picks his date: Easter weekend 1997. Johnson completes his route and returns to Loomis Fargo at 6 p.m. ibid.
We don’t steal from people who can’t afford it. We don’t hurt people who don’t deserve it. Parker 2013 starring Jason Statham & Jennifer Lopez & Michael Chiklis & Wendell Pierce & Clifton Collins & Bobby Cannavale & Patti LuPone & Carlos Carrasco & Micah Hauptman & Emma Booth & Nick Nolte et al, director Taylor Hackford
Sorry about the leg, Jackson. You sit tight for five minutes and I’ll call you an ambulance. ibid.
It’s the principle … Terms on both sides have to be honoured. ibid.
GEORGIA & ATLANTA: Baby Driver 2017 -
One more job then I’m done. Baby Driver 2017 starring Ansel Elgort & Kevin Spacey & Lily James & Jon Hamm & Eliza Gonzalez & Jamie Foxx & Jon Bernthal & Flea & Lanny Joon & C J Jones & Sky Ferreira et al, director Edgar Wright, Baby
So I’m of a thinking that you are my lucky charm and I’m not doing this job without you. ibid. Doc
If you’re Wall Street, you’re a bigger fucking crook than I could ever be. ibid. Bats
ILLINOIS & CHICAGO: Thief 1981 - Masterminds TV - Baby Face Nelson 1957 - The St Valentine’s Day Massacre
I wear a hundred and fifty dollar slacks, I wear silk shirts, I wear eight hundred dollar suits, I wear a gold watch, I wear a D flawless three-carat ring, I change cars like others guys change their fucking shoes, I’m a thief. Thief 1981 starring James Caan & Tuesday Weld & Willie Nelson & James Belushi & Robert Prosky & Tom Signorelli & Dennis Farina & Nick Nickeas & W R Bill Brown & William Petersen, director Michael Mann, him to her
A mastermind steals millions from an impregnable vault without leaving a trace. Meet America’s most amazing bank burglar. Masterminds s1e9: The Perfect Score, truTV 2003
The First National Bank of Barrington ... Employees quickly discovered that seventy-four safe-deposit boxes had been emptied. The FBI determined $1.1 million in jewellery and cash were missing. ibid.
This criminal masterpiece was the work of local hairdresser William Smarto. ibid.
Locked in the vault Smarto waits an hour to ensure everyone has left the bank. ibid.
After watching the attendant leave he emerges disguised as a workman. ibid.
William Smarto is found guilty and sentenced to twenty years. Due to ill health his brother is never brought to trial. ibid.
Because of William Smarto the architecture of bank vaults has changed for ever. No longer are there false ceilings and all-corner dead spaces have been eliminated. ibid.
1933: This is a re-creation of an era: an era of jazz, jalopies, prohibition, and trigger-happy punks. Baby Face Nelson 1957 starring Mickey Rooney & Carolyn Jones & Cedric Hardwicke & Leo Gordon & John Hoyt & Jack Elam & Anthony Caruso & Ted de Corsia et al, director Don Siegel
I got a big job for you, little man. ibid. gangsta to Nelson
You’re lucky it was only a .22 – they leave a nice clean small hole. ibid. doctor to Nelson
You’re the number one man, John. ibid. Nelson
That’s the trouble with this country. Its morals are all shot. I mean, look at the young people. Girls throwing cigarettes right out into the street, and rocking in the backseat of a car, and wearing skirts so short you can see everything they’ve got. The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre 1967 starring George Seagal & Jason Robards & Ralph Meeker & Jack Nicholson & Jean Hale & Jan Merlin & Clint Ritchie & David Canary & Harold J Stone et al, director Roger Corman, Capone
KANSAS: Kansas City Confidential 1952 - Mad Money 2008 - Masterminds TV - In Cold Blood 1967 -
You’re a three-time loser, Tony. Kansas City Confidential 1952 starring John Payne & Coleen Gray & Lee van Cleef & Jack Elam & Preston Foster & Neville Brand & Dona Drake & Mario Siletti & Carleton Younget al, director Phil Karlson, bloke in mask
We can’t rat on each other because we’ve never seen each other without the masks. ibid.
I want to know who framed me. ibid. bloke
I have this theory crime is contagious. Mad Money 2008 starring Diane Keaton & Queen Latifah & Katie Holmes & Ted Danson & Roger Cross & Adam Rothenberg & Stephen Root & J C MacKenzie & Christopher McDonald 7 Finesse Mitchell & Bryan Massey et al, director Callie Khouri, Keaton
A drugs test? What kind of drugs would I have to take? ibid. Keaton on dog n bone
One gang pulls off a brazen jewel heist: millions of dollars in diamonds ripped off in broad daylight. Masterminds e23: Kansas City Diamond Heist, truTV 2004
Kansas City’s greatest jewel-thief outwitted police for years. ibid.
A vehicle pulled up to the front doors of Tivol. Three masked men got out and stormed the jewellery store. The attack moved at blazing speed. The staff were caught completely off guard ... This was a highly coordinated hit. ibid.
Police suspected that an expert gang of jewel thieves had swept through town. They had no idea they’d been outwitted by a local kid on his first swing in the big league. ibid.
Burnett’s other criminal activity had already landed him in custody ... Burnett was going down but he wasn’t going down alone. He could finally get his revenge on the fences who had double-crossed him. ibid.
He put me on to something we can bring off beautiful. A synch. The perfect score. It’s a sure thing. Am depending on you. Love Dick. In Cold Blood 1967 starring Robert Blake & Scott Wilson & John Forsythe & Paul Stewart & Gerald S O’Loughlin & Jeff Corey & John Gallaudet & James Flavin & Charles McGraw & Jim Lantz & Will Geer & John McLiam et al, director Richard Brooks, Perry reads letter
KENTUCKY: American Animals 2018 -
We’re gonna need the blueprints, we’re gonna need to know the exit and entry points, we’re gonna need to know the staff entrances and the fastest way out of the building at any given point in time. What do you say? American Animals 2018 starring Spencer Reinhard & Warren Lipka & Eric Borsuk & Chas Allen & Betty Jean Gooch & Evan Peters & Blake Jenner & Barry Keoghan & Jared Abrahamson et al, director Bart Layton, Warren to Spencer
MASSACHUSETTS & BOSTON: Great Crimes & Trials TV - Art of the Heist - Julian Radcliffe - Robberies of the Century TV - Boston Herald - Masterminds TV - The Town 2010 - Gangsters: America’s Most Evil TV - The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973 - Brink’s: The Great Robbery 1976 - The Billion Dollar Art Hunt TV - Storyville: The Billion Dollar Heist TV - The Thomas Crown Affair 1968 - The UnXplained with William Shatner TV -
On 16th January 1950 seven men let themselves into Brinks Armored Car Company at North Terminal Garage, Prince Street, Boston. Once inside they put on grotesque Halloween masks to disguise themselves. They all wore identical navy jackets and chauffeur’s cap, gloves and crepe shoes. Looking like evil older brothers of the seven dwarfs, they made their way through the corridors to the vault where the money was ... Soon they were loading over $2,750,000 in cash and securities into the trucks their confederates had driven into position. Great Crimes and Trials: US Brink’s Robbery
It was the biggest art heist in American history. Half a billion dollars’ worth of paintings snatched from the walls of a Boston gallery ... That was sixteen years ago. Since then teams of FBI agents have worked on the case. Art of the Heist: The World’s Biggest Heist