He [Hill] launches a new audacious type of crime [London]: Post Office robbery. Wartime Crime I, Yesterday 2018
In 1952 he carries out the Eastcastle Street robbery with a value of over £7 million today, it is the biggest criminal heist Britain has ever seen. ibid.
I never killed anyone who didn’t deserve it. St George’s Day 2012 starring Craig Fairbrass & Frank Harper & Charles Dance & Vincent Regan & Dexter Fletcher & Nick Moran & Keeley Hazell & Jamie Foreman & Sean Pertwee & Luke Treadaway & Ashley Walters et al, director Frank Harper, opening commentary
You can’t beat a bit of wet. ibid. gangsta to gangsta
This ain’t a fucking game show, you cunt. ibid.
This is what I call the Paranoia Time – being grassed up, an occupational hazard. ibid. commentary
Ray wanted out but he was back in it deeper than ever. ibid.
Prison or death to us was an occupational hazard. ibid. gangsta
Well well well if it’s not Donny Brasco. ibid. rozzer
‘During the 1970s the crime of armed robbery had been brought to the state of almost perfection: it was the glamour crime. It was about villains carrying guns always afraid they would be ambushed by police and shot dead themselves.’ Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty III: Taking a Drink, ex-rozzer, BBC 2021
‘Rumours began to circulate that deals of some sort were being done. The attention switched from Scotland Yard over to the City of London CID and that the Firm Within a Firm had not been put out of business, and bent cops were still rampant.’ ibid.
Eight men had been arrested in connection with the three armed robberies. All charges [armed robbery & murder] against them are dropped. ibid.
It’s a deal, it’s a steal, it’s sale of the fucking century. Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels 1998 ***** starring Jason Statham & Jason Flemyng & Dexter Fletcher & Nick Moran & Vinnie Jones & Steven MacKintosh & Sting & Nicholas Rowe et al, director Guy Ritchie, Tom to Nick
Now let’s see his fucking cards. ibid. Hatchet Harry
Hatchet Harry is a man you pay when you owe. ibid. Bacon
I don’t fucking believe this. Can everybody stop getting shot. ibid. Robbers in security cage
I fucking hate traffic wardens. ibid. gang in van
You’re stupidity might be your one saving grace. Don’t er me, Greek boy. How is it your fucking stupid soon-to-be-dead friends thought that they might be able to steal my cannabis and then sell it back to me? Is this a declaration of war? Is this some white cunts’ joke that black cunts don’t get? ’Cause I’m not fucking laughing nick-ol-ass. ibid. black gangster to the Greek
If you want to know how to do a drug deal you watch Scarface. ibid.
Right, wrap them guns up. Count the money. Put your seat belt on. ibid. Chris to son
This is fucking up. No money. No weed. It’s all been replaced by a pile of corpses. ibid. Tom surveys damage
Now this was an embarrassing position for Tom to be in. But Chris had to respect the fact that he was holding what appeared to be a pair of loaded shotguns. And Tom had to respect the fact that they were not loaded. So without anybody losing too much face, Tom left through a side door, and Chris left with the money. And everybody else got arrested. ibid. commentary
There is one more thing. It’s been emotional. ibid. Chris to three of gang
You bastard. You had to kill that guard, didn’t you? Circus of Fear 1966 starring Leo Glenn & Christopher Lee & Anthony Newlands & Eddi Arent & Klaus Kinski & Maurice Kaufmann & Heinz Drache & Cecil Parker & Lawrence James et al, director John Moxey, opening scene
I thought this is who we are – what we do … Old-age pensioners living in our manor getting all their life savings nicked off them – bankers. And I was thinking maybe we should teach them bankers a lesson. No, I want to really hurt them. We Still Kill the Old Way 2014 starring Ian Ogilvy & Alison Doody & Danny Boy Hatchard & Chris Ellison & Lysette Anthony & Tony Denham & Red Madrell & Nicky Henson & Stephen Berkoff & Danni Dyer & Adele Silva & James Cosmo et al, director Sacha Bennett
I came straight to the bank from school. Perfect Friday 1970 starring Ursula Andress & Stanley Baker & David Warner & Patience Collier & T P McKenna & David Waller & Joan Benham & Julian Orchard & Johnny Briggs et al, director Peter Hall, Mr Graham to Mr Williams
I’m going to steal the lot. ibid. him to her
The modern disease of this society – cynicalism. Face 1997 starring Ray Winstone & Robert Carlisle & Steven Waddington & Philip Davis & Damon Albarn & Lena Headey & Andrew Tiernan & Peter Vaughan & Sue Johnston et al, director Antonia Bird, Dave
Any money I’ve had – I could have earned double driving a van or minicab. ibid. Ray
The violence. Boilings two a penny now. Prison really is going downhill. ibid. Sonny in rub-a-dub
All there is is money and the people who have it. ibid. rozzer
Must I do something? Piccadilly Third Stop 1960 starring Terence Morgan & Yoko Tani & Mai Zetterling & William Hartnell & John Crawford & Dennis Price & Ann Lynn & Charles Kay et al, director Wolf Rilla, Serafina
She’s not a bad little scrubber, is she? ibid. Dominic
I’ve got a proposition for you, Terry. The Bank Job 2008 starring Jason Statham & Saffron Burrows & Richard Lintern & James Faulkner & Stephen Campbell Moore & Daniel Mays & Alki David & David Suchet & Georgia Taylor & Michael Jibson & Peter Bowles et al, director Roger Donaldson, her to him
It seems Michael X has managed to keep himself out of jail by threatening to release damning photographs of a certain royal personage. ibid. senior government official to Tim
I have it for you. A bank. I’ve been seeing this guy. Runs his own business. Security systems. ibid. her to him
Lloyds Bank Limited. 185 Baker Street. ibid.
I think drugs are responsible for the moral degeneration of the young. ibid. Lew to Michael
Terry: A pile of skeletons.
Dave: Let’s hope it’s not the last gang that tried to take this bank. ibid.
I am a ham radio operator and I think I may be overhearing a robbery in progress. ibid.
You’ve opened Pandora’s Box, you prick. ibid. MI6
Soon after the robbery Scotland Yard underwent a major purge of corrupt police officers. A number of senior members of the government resigned following revelations about the activities at Sonia Bern’s brothel. Michael X was hanged in 1975 in Trinidad for the murder of Gale Benson. His file in the British National Archive remains classified until 1st of January 2054. Porn King Vogel was jailed for eight years for crimes unrelated to the robbery. Hakim Jamal was murdered in Boston in 1973. The murders of Guy and Bambas were never solved. The loot taken from the Baker Street Bank was thought to be in excess of 4 million pounds, more than that of the Great Train Robbery. Over 100 safe deposit box holders refused to identify their losses from the robbery. ibid. caption
Four men. Four men each from a different walk of life – a clerk, an airman, prize fighter and a gentleman of leisure. A few weeks ago they were strangers; now here they are driving together … The Good Die Young 1954 starring Laurence Harvey & Gloria Grahame & Richard Basehart & Joan Collins & John Ireland & Rene Ray & Stanley Baxter & Margaret Leighton & Robert Morley & Freda Jackson & James Kenney & Susan Shaw & Lee Patterson et al, director Lewis Gilbert, opening commentary
I wish you’d do the coshing sometimes, Walshy. Cosh Boy aka The Slasher aka The Tough Guy 1953 starring James Kenney & Joan Collins & Betty Ann Davies & Robert Ayres & Hermione Baddeley & Hermione Gingold & Nancy Roberts & Laurence Naismith & Ian Whittaker et al, director Lewis Gilbert, gangster
Keep a firm hand. He needs it. ibid. probation officer to mother of Walshy
I’m running this gang. I always was and I’m always gunna. ibid. Walsh
All the boys I know they just want a good time. ibid. Joan Collins
Nice big headline – Who Killed Gospel Joe? The Delavine Affair 1955 starring Peter Reynolds & Honor Blackman & Gordon Jackson & Valerie Vernon & Michael Balfour & Peter Neil & Peter Swannick & Laurie Main et al, director Douglas Peirce, Rex to Comet reporter
Gospel Joe had a cut-in on a highly significant bit of news – the Delavine Robbery. ibid. Rex
Still, I never quite lost sight of the gold, inaccessible as it often seemed to me when I was merely a ... nonentity. The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 starring Alec Guinness & Stanley Holloway & Sidney James & Alfie Bass & Marjorie Fielding & Edie Martin & John Salew & Ronald Adam & Arthur Hambling & Clive Morton, director Charles Crichton, Holland
I propagate British cultural depravity. ibid. Pendlebury to Holland
Call me, Al. ibid.