The police were powerless. Overwhelmed by the new gangs. The Big Job 1965 starring Sid James & Sylvia Sims & Dick Emery & Joan Sims & Jim Dale & Lance Percival & Edina Ronay & Deryck Guyler & Reginald Beckwaith & Michael Ward & Brian Warlinson & David Horne et al, director Gerald Thomas
This is the BIG JOB! ibid.
The BIG JOB must come first. Nothing must stand in its way. ibid. him on emerging from nick to her
Scotland Yard: Six months ago a crime wage unique in police history swept the London dockside area. This department was ordered to concentrate on the activities of one particular gang. 13 East Street 1952 starring Patrick Holt & Doran Bryan & Michael Balfour & Sandra Dorne & Robert Ayres & Hector MacGregor & Michael Brennan & Alan Judd & Michael Ward & Alan Gordon et al, director Robert Baker
Gosh, you’d better scam; come on! ibid. her to him
So that’s four robberies in the last five years all with the same MO. They just bowled in like a day at the dogs. London Heist 2017 starring Craig Fairbrass & James Cosmo & Mem Ferda & Steven Berkoff & Roland Manookian & Nathalie Cox & George Russo & Tony Denham & Eddie Webber & Nick Moran et al, director Mark McQueen, rozzer
‘Left right, left right, left right, c’mon pick ’em up, left right, the governor wants his tea. Halt! 471183. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 1979 starring Richard Jordan & Oliver Tobias & David Niven & Gloria Grahame & Richard Johnson & Michael Angelis & Dicken Ashworth & Brian Croucher & Elke Sommer & Derek Deadman et al, director Ralph Thomas, opening scene in nick
It has all the signs of the sweetest job ever. But you’ve got to get those numbers. ibid. Niven
Sixty, seventy thousand. Plastics factory. Huge place. Big payroll. Villain 1971 starring Richard Burton & Ian McShane & T P McKenna & Donald Sinden & Nigel Davenport & Fiona Lewis & Joss Ackland & Cathleen Nesbitt & Colin Welland, director Michael Tuchner, Insider Danny to Vic
You’re a grass, Danny. ibid. rozzer chief on train
Frank, we’re the boys, aren’t we? ibid. Vic
He’s losing a lot of claret. ibid. gangsta in car
Get out of here, slag. ibid. Vic
You can’t put the frighteners on all the time. Not all the time. ibid. rozzer to Vic
Front seat: How about going over the details again?
Bloke in back: It can’t hurt. Ambush in Leopard Street 1962 starring James Kenney & Jean Harvey & Michael Brennan & Norman Rodway & Bruce Seton & Pauline Delaney & Marie Conmee & Charles Mitchell & Lawrence Crain et al, director J Henry Piperno
You’ve got to know how to get information ... I’ve been casing all my life – it’s the only trade I know. ibid. Nimmo in back seat
It’s a high class striptease club ... So give. They want to see something. ibid. mother to Dolores I’m going to be rich.
I’m going to have all the things I ever wanted. Shut up. ibid. old gangsta to Cath
Everything’s gone wrong that can go wrong. ibid. kid gangsta to old man gangsta
In the last few months there have been six jewel robberies in London. And in each case the method was the same – a simple but effective disguise. The Primitives 1962 starring Jan Holden & Rio Fanning & Bill Edwards & George Mikell & Terence Fallon & Derek Ware & Peter Hughes & George Roderick & Tom Bowman et al, director Alfred Travers
The mobilisation of English fans on to German soil is beginning in big numbers. Daylight Robbery 2008 starring Paul Nicholls & Shaun Parkes & Geoff Bell & Vas Blackwood & Johnny Harris & Leo Gregory & Max Brown & Shaun Williamson et al, director Paris Leonti
Has anyone here got first aid training? ibid. robber in bank
England? Naah. Fucking place. It’s a dump. Don’t make me laugh. Grey, grimy, sooty, what a shithole. What a toilet. Every cunt with a long face shuffling about moaning. All worried. Sexy Beast 2000 starring Ray Winstone & Ben Kingsley & Amanda Redman & Ian McShane & James Fox et al, director Jonathan Glazer, Winstone
Eight men. Strong. Ain’t afraid of graft. It’s gonna take all night. Good boys. Gotta be good boys. Reliable. Positive attitude. It’s very important. ibid.
You fucking Dr White honking jam-rag ’arking spunk bubble. ibid. Don
Spent over half me married life inside … I just didn’t get the breaks. Calculated Risk 1963 starring William Lucas & Warren Mitchell & John Rutland & Dilys Watling & Shay Gorman & Terence Cooper & David Bierly & Vincent Charles & John G Heller & Peter Welch & Brian Cobby et al, director Norman Harrison, crooks at tea
I’ve got one last job lined up. And then it’s Easy Street from there on. ibid.
It’s a knockover, Steve. ibid.
Here’s hoping – forty fousand nicker. ibid. gangsta’s cut
One of the most valuable antiques collections of jewellery in the world ... sometime in March. At least two hundred thousand pounds. Perhaps a quarter of a million. Gaolbreak: Danger By My Side 1962 starring Peter Reynolds & Avice Landon & David Kernan & John Blythe & Robert Desmond & Geoffrey Hibbert & Carl Bernard & Carol White & Robert Fyfe & Katharine Page et al, director Francis Searle, antiques bloke to buyer opening scene
Looked more like the police. Father? The League of Gentlemen 1960 starring Jack Hawkins & Nigel Patrick & Roger Livesey & Richard Attenborough & Bryan Forbes & Norman Bird & Terence Alexander & Richard Attenborough et al, director Basil Dearden, Mrs Boyle the landlady
You’re all crooks, aren’t you, of one kind and another. ibid. Hyde to gang
My criminal career is just about to blossom. ibid.
I intend to rob a bank myself. And the pay, gentlemen, one hundred thousand pounds each. ibid.
Mrs Wilberforce, I understand you have rooms to let. The Ladykillers 1955 starring Alec Guinness & Peter Sellers & Cecil Parker & Herbert Lom & Danny Green & Jack Warner & Frankie Howerd & Katie Johnson et al, director Alexander Mackendrick, Professor Marcus
Mrs Wilberforce: I’ve had four.
Professor Marcus: Husbands?
Mrs Wilberforce: No, parrots. ibid.
Sweet little old lady like her. Just doesn’t seem right for her to be working with us on a stick-up caper. ibid. big bloke
Shall I be mother? ibid. Mrs Wilberforce
What can possibly go wrong now? ibid. Guinness
How about suicide? ibid. Peter Sellers
This was the best. Except for the human element. ibid. Guinness
It’s beautiful isn’t it? The logic of trance. Trance 2001 starring Neil Pearson & Susannah Harker & John Light & Phil Davis & Sam Callis & Christopher Cazenove et al, director Joe Ahearne, Shrink to Pearson
Stop messing with my head! ibid. subject to Shrink
A heist: a bit of a forging. Gambit 2012 starring Colin Firth & Cameron Diaz & Alan Rickman & Tom Courtenay & Stanley Tucci & Cloris Leachman & Togo Igawa et al, director Michael Hoffman, opening scene
The massive haul was worth £100 million but even today surrounded with state secrecy and stories. Heists s1e1: Britain’s Biggest Bank Job, Channel 5 2015
The vault at Baker Street is fifteen feet underground and encased in three feet of reinforced concrete. ibid.
To dig a tunnel under the bank straight into the vault. ibid.
The Lloyds Bank on a small high street in Luton, but this is just a dress rehearsal. ibid.
The walkie-talkies they are relying on could be their downfall. ibid.
On a cold November morning in 1983 an armed gang stole over £26 million’ worth of gold, £0.5 billion in today prices. The raid was so huge that the price of gold across the world shot up. The Brink’s-Mat bullion heist is still the biggest more notorious armed robbery ever to take place within the UK; it’s also one of the most vicious. Heists s1e2: Brink’s-Mat, Channel 5 2017
Six men all armed with automatic weapons storm in. ibid.