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
NORTH CAROLINA: Masterminds TV - Lucky Logan 2017 -
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, 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
OHIO & CLEVELAND: The Irish Mob TV - Masterminds TV - Gangland - Welcome to Collinwood 2002 -
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 e27: The Jewellery Show Job, 2003
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.
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
PENNSYLVANIA: The UnXplained with William Shatner TV - Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist 2018 -
And a bizarre bank robbery with a time bomb ticking down to zero … Brian Wells [victim] walked out of the bank with only a fraction of the amount of money he demanded … The bomb detonated and Brian Wells died instantly. UnXplained with William Shatner s2e8: Outrageous Robberies, History 2022
I’m trying to get her tell me the truth about a pizza delivery man and a crime that became FBI Major Case, out of two or three. Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist II: The Frozen Body, Netflix 2018
‘I didn’t have anything to do with the goddamned crime.’ ibid.
‘The man told police a bomb was strapped to his body and he was forced to rob the bank.’ ibid. TV news
‘It’s a bank robbery but it’s a scavenger hunt … It kept getting weird.’ ibid. rozzer
Hostage: Brian Wells; 2nd Pizza Delivery Man: R Pinetti. ibid. caption
Only 1% of those is done with a live device. ibid. rozzer
When we first see her, she is mumbling to herself. ibid.
The FBI learns James Roden was killed three weeks before the bank heist. His frozen corpse was in Rothstein’s garage. Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist III: The Suspects, captions
State troopers determine that James Roden was killed at Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong’s house in the city of Erie. They turn the frozen body case over to local police. ibid.
Kelly Makela’s snitch notes: Marjorie told her Rothstein built the neck bomb; Floyd Stockton, Bill Rothstein’s roommate who had been cleared by the FBI, was definitely involved in the heist, and that the heist was linked to the frozen body case. ibid.
She was confident no-one could tie her to the death of Brian Wells. ibid.
‘Bill Rothstein and the government are framing me.’ ibid. Marjorie
9 December 2005: Ken Barnes admits he was in on the heist. He claims Marjorie was the mastermind. ibid. caption
When Ken Barnes confessed, it was the breakthrough investigators had been looking for. Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist IV: The Confessions
TEXAS: Getaway 1972 - The Hot Spot 1990
Get to Beynon. Tell him I’m for sale. His price. The Getaway 1972 starring Steve McQueen & Ali MacGraw & Ben Johnson & Sally Struthers & Al Lettieri & Slim Pickens & Richard Bright & Jack Dodson & Dub Taylor & Bo Hopkins & Ray Jenson et al, director Sam Peckinpah, him to her
You run the job but I run and show, and don’t forget ibid. Beynon
There are only two things to do around here. The Hot Spot 1990 starring Don Johnson & Virginia Madsen & Jennifer Connelly & Jerry Hardin & William Sadler & Charles Martin Smith & Barry Corbin & Leon Rippy & Jack Nance et al, director Dennis Hopper, her to him
In this life you gotta take what you want. ibid. Bridges the car salesman