MIAMI & FLORIDA: Masterminds TV -
In the mid-1990s Miami Florida was hit with an unprecedented crime wave … ‘The FBI started to see a bunch of extremely high-end jewellery heists of wholesale jewellery stores.’ Masterminds e55: It Takes a Thief
‘He became an expert in vaults and safes.’ ibid.
Learning his crew has turned on him, [Paul] Mathieson abandons them completely and starts going it alone. ibid.
MICHIGAN & DETROIT: Out of Sight 1998 -
This is not going to end well. These things never do. Out of Sight 1998 starring George Clooney & Jennifer Lopez & Ving Rhames & Steve Zahn & Don Cheadle & Albert Brooks & Dennis Farina & Luis Guzman & Isiah Washington & Nancy Allen & Keith Loneker et al, director Steven Soderbergh Lopez to Clooney
MISSOURI & ST LOUIS: The St Louis Bank Robbery 1959 -
How much time have you done? The St Louis Bank Robbery 1959 starring Steve McQueen & Crahan Denton & David Clarke & James Dukas & Molly McCarthy & Martha Gable & Larry Gerst, directors Charles Guggenheim & John Stix, gangsta to McQueen
I’m never going back, no matter what. ibid.
33 steps – and she lay there at the bottom of the stairs like a bundle o’ laundry. ibid. gang leader
NEVADA & LAS VEGAS: Ocean’s 13 2007 - Ocean’s 11 2011 - NBC News online article - Heist TV - Domino 2015 -
When it comes to Willy Banks you can’t rely on contacts. Ocean’s 13 2007 starring George Clooney & Brad Pitt & Rusty Ryan & Matt Damon & Bernie Mac & Elliott Gould & Andy Garcia & Don Cheadle & Ellen Barkin & Al Pacino Casey Affleck et al, director Steven Soderbergh, George’s commentary, Danny of Reuben
We’ve just lost a dozen of our biggest players without an explanation. ibid. casino lady boss to Pacino
What do you think you would do if released? Ocean’s 11 2011 starring George Clooney & Matt Damon & Brad Pitt & Bernie Mac & Elliott Gould & Casey Affleck & Scott Caan & Eddie Jamison & Don Cheadle & Shaobo Qin & Andy Garcia & Julia Roberts & Angie Dickinson et al, parole board to Ocean
It’s never been done before. We need planning and a large crew. ibid. Ocean to Rusty
He came, he grabbed, they conquered. ibid. Reuben
You’re going to need a crew as nuts as you are. ibid.
This place houses a security system that rivals nuclear missile silos. ibid.
Tell me this is not about screwing the guy that’s screwing your wife. ibid. Rusty to Ocean
A fugitive turns herself in after 12 years: She ran off with $3 million in Las Vegas casino cash. Before turning herself in, Heather Tallchief talks to Dateline about the cash, being on the run, and why she surrendered:
Back in the early ’90s, Las Vegas was going through a kind of identity crisis. It was the ‘family friendly’ phase.
But on that sunny, clear, quiet morning on the strip what was about to happen was a dark version of the Vegas fantasy.
It was over before most gamblers there were even awake: It was a perfect crime in broad daylight, pulled off by a mysterious woman.
It was a story of sex, magic, money and murder that made the movies look tame.
And over ten years later, the story isn’t over.
The tale begins on October 1, 1993, a Friday. Courier Scott Stewart and a partner jumped into the back of a Loomis armored truck loaded with weekend cash for casino ATMs.
With them was a relatively new driver — a 5 foot 10 inch beauty named Heather Tallchief. NBC News online article 22 October 2005
A suspect in one of the most infamous car heists remains on the run. Heist s1e1: Sex Magick Money Murder I, news, Neflix 2021
The armored car was packed with more than $3 million in cash. ibid.
She got hired by our branch manager at the time because she was young and pretty … We serviced ATM machines on all of the casinos. ibid. Loomis employee
The two were accused of stealing a Loomis armored truck containing $3.1 million. Heist s1e2: Sex Magick Money Murder II, news
I’m a fugitive. I’ve got a six-month-old. I need to get some money … I’m being somebody I’m not. ibid.
To be on the run takes a terrible emotional toll. And psychologically over the years I mean that wears on you. Sooner or later everyone has to pay for it. ibid. rozzer
Heather plead guilty to two counts of embezzlement and one count of obtaining a false passport. She was sentenced to five years in federal prison … Roberto Solis is still missing. ibid. caption
My agenda is to kick ass and secure the bounty. Domino 2005 starring Keira Knightly & Mickey Rourke & Edgar Ramirez & Riz Abbasi & Delroy Lindo & Mo’Nique & Dabney Coleman & Lucy Liu & Macy Gray & Jacqueline Bisset & Christopher Walken & Mena Suvari & Tom Waits & Jerry Springer et al, director Tony Scott
NEW JERSEY: The Killers 1946 -
It’s big. The biggest caper that’s been pulled around here in years … Payroll. The Killers 1946 starring Burt Lancaster & Ava Gardner & Edmond O’Brien & Albert Dekker & Sam Levene & Vince Barnett & Virginia Christine & Charles D Brown & Jack Lambert & Donald McBride & Charles McGraw et al, director Robert Siodma, gang leader
NEW MEXICO: Charley Varrick 1973 -
They’re armed and dangerous. Charley Varrick 1973 starring Walter Matthau & Joe Don Baker & Andy Robinson & John Vernon & Sheree North & Felicia Farr & Norman Fell & Woodrow Parfrey & William Schallert et al, director Don Siegel, Sheriff
It’s probably an obscene phone call. ibid. old lady to Matthau
It’s ten to one this stuff belongs to the Mafia. ibid. Charlie
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As his numbers and loan-sharking operations flourished, he expanded into a new mob racket: lorry hijackings. Mobsters s3e6: Big Joey Massino, Bio 2011
When he was nineteen, after six years in juvenile detention, Joe [Mad Dog Sullivan] was released. He returned to Queens to live with his family ... After a couple of weeks he took off hitchhiking with a friend but they quickly ran out of money and to get by they began mugging people. Mobsters s4e1: Mad Dog Sullivan
[Greg] Scarpa ran his own crew ambushing truck drivers at gunpoint. Mobsters s4e7: Grim Reaper: Greg Scarpa
December 11th 1978: a black van pulled up to the Lufthansa cargo terminal. Four men got out ... The money was completely untraceable ... Nearly six million dollars. Mobsters s4e8: Jimmy the Gent Burke
He kept money flowing to Paul Vario and the Lucchese crime family. ibid.
The [cargo] hijackings brought in cash by the truckload. ibid.
Lufthansa: seventy-two boxes of cash, jewellery and gold bullion into the back of the van. ibid.
[Henry] Hill was arrested on April 27th 1980. ibid.
A mastermind targets one of New York’s most famous landmarks. With surgical precision he and his crew take control of the Pierre Hotel for an entire night. And steal millions belonging to society’s elite. Masterminds s1e9: The Pierre Hotel Heist, truTV 2003
Within ten minutes Comfort and Nalo have taken all nineteen employees hostage. Now they face their greatest challenge: take over hotel operations and keep everything running smoothly. ibid.