★ Robbery: US (I)

Let me put it this way. It’s not anything strange that there are corrupt officers in police departments. The dirt they’re trying to clean up is bound to rub off on some of ’em, but not all of ’em. Maybe one out of a 100. The other 99 are honest men trying to do an honest job. Listen ... [One by one, he flipped the switch on police radios behind him that broadcast crime reports] I know you’re police reporters and you hear this all day long, but I want you to listen with your conscience, not just your ears. We send police assistance to every one of those calls ‘cause they’re not just code numbers on a radio beam, they’re cries for help. People are being cheated, robbed, murdered, raped. And that goes on 24 hours a day, every day in the year. And that’s not exceptional, that’s usual. It’s the same in every city of the modern world. But suppose we had no police force, good or bad. Suppose we had [he flipped off all four radios] – just silence. Nobody to listen, nobody to answer. The battle’s finished. The jungle wins. The predatory beasts take over. Think about it. Well, gentlemen, three men are in jail, three men dead, one by his own hand. One man’s a fugitive – and we have reason to believe seriously wounded. That’s six out of seven, not bad. And we’ll get the last one too. In some ways, he’s the most dangerous of them all. A hardened killer. A hooligan. A man without human feeling or human mercy. ibid. rozzer commissioner

They never caught those guys ’cause they don’t exist. The crew hid the four million. Then they just made up that story about getting jacked. Armored 2009 starring Matt Dillon & Jean Reno & Laurence Fishburne & Columbus Short & Skeet Ulrich & Fred Ward & Andre Kinney et al, director Nimrod Antal, Mike in van

We’re gonna take that money, Ty. ibid. Mike

Why is it that the landscape never looks more beautiful than when you’re standing on the edge of a cliff? What is it about raising the stakes that makes the waters so much more worthwhile? You ever find yourself in a position and wonder exactly how it is you got there? Life moves fast – you never really get a chance to get a good clear look. But the problem of clarity usually comes too late. Swindle 2002 starring Tom Sizemore & Sherilyn Fenn & Dave Foley & Conrad Pla & Katie Grifin & Alan Fawcett & Katie Griffin et al, director K C Bascombe, commentary

Who I am is not important. Now how I know about you is of fucking paramount importance, OK? Look look look I was arrested in Vegas. I got nailed on a Fedex van. I did time with a guy named Slim Tony. He told me about your little operation up here. ibid. Seth George to Sophie Zenn

When do I get to meet the big boss. ibid.

An unknown number of persons have taken four bank employees hostage. So far they have not made any demands. ibid. O’Malley to senior rozzer

Beautiful, just beautiful. Now we have a rogue cop loose on the inside. ibid. senior to junior rozzer

Out there there are good guys and bad guys. End of story. ibid. commentary

Let each of us study to improve ourselves to God through Jesus Christ. Thunderbolt & Lightfoot 1974 starring Jeff Bridges & Clint Eastwood & Geoffrey Lewis & Catherine Bach & Garey Busey & Jack Dodgson & Gene Elman & Burton Gilliam & Roy Jenson & Claudia Lennear & Vic Tayback & Dub Taylor & Bill McKinney & Gregorey Walcott et al, director Michael Cimino, Clint as preacher

I’d like to know if there’s a good way of beating a bank. ibid.

A feeling of nothingness … What am I doing here? … The whole thing is a con game. House of Games 1987 starring Lindsay Crouse & Joe Mantegna & Steven Goldstein & Ricky Jay & Mike Bussbaum & J T Walsh & Lilia Skala & William H Macey et al, director David Mamet, patient to shrink Margaret

I’ll tear up your friend’s marker if you help me out. ibid. Mike to Margaret

I’m a con man. That’s what I am. A criminal. ibid. him to her

Frankie’s back! American Heist 2014 starring Hayden Christensen & Adrien Brody & Jordana Brewster & Tory Kittles & Akon et al, director Sarik Andreasyan, opening scene

You’re complicit in this. Welcome to the family. ibid. gangsta

Open your eyes, Jimmy: it’s the banks who are robbing you. ibid.

I always looked out for my brother. To the best of my abilities. ibid. older to younger

There it is – forty thousand dollars just sitting there waiting for us. All we have to do is ride in and get it. Gun the Man Down 1956 starring James Arness & Emile Meyer & Robert Wilke & Harry Carey junior & Don Megowan & Michael Emmet & Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez & Angie Dickinson et al, director Andrew V McLaglen, opening scene

What if something goes wrong? ibid. her to him

It’s getting hotter all the time. ibid. bloke in town

Sure gonna be a scorcher. ibid. man in town

You’re not all Sunday School and lace. But that’s not your fault. ibid. Matt to Janice

Baddie: Oh come on. Don’t make a scene. He’s [Steven] safe. I thought Julia needed a little extra incentive. Kurt, focus on the task ahead. Give us our money and everyone wins. What? May I remind you that there were four of us on that robbery, Kurt. You were there that night too. Don’t forget that. Hidden Crimes 2009 starring Tricia Helfer & Jonathan Scarfe & Kris Holden-Ried & James Gallanders & Jake McLeod & Conrad Pla & Trie Donovan & Don Jordan & Kathlee Fee & Ken Proulx et al, director Philippe Gagnon

Damn it, Max. This isn’t a game any more. ibid. Julia with fancy boy in bank vault

I think you’ve run out of options, Julia, Now tell me where the money is or we’ll kill the boy. ibid.

The warehouse has been robbed. Price Crime 1935 starring Charles Starrett & Noel Madison & Virginia Cherill & Charles Delaney & Jack Mulhall & Nina Guilbert & Henry Roquemore & Gordon Griffith et al, director Albert Herman, opening line

I’m a cop. If anybody’s gonna plan a robbery, it should be me. Coffee Town 2013 starring Glenn Howerton & Steve Little & Ben Schwartz & Jake Johnson & Joshua Perry & Derek Waters & Adrianne Palicki & John Groban et al, director Brad Copeland, rozzer

Tell them there’s a robbery in progress. Takers 2010 starring Idris Elba & Matt Dillon & Paul Walker & Hayden Christensen & Chris Brown & Jay Hernandez & Michael Ealy & Zoe Saldana, director John Luessenhop, bank robber to bank worker

10% to the usual charities. ibid. gang at table with money

Mr Mortimer, to try robbing us would be so futile that only a complete fool would attempt it. For a Few Dollars More [Per Qualche Dollaro in Pui] 1965 starring Clint Eastwood & Lee van Cleef & Gian Maria Volonte & Klaus Kinski & Mario Brega & Luigi Pistilli & Aldo Sambrell & Benito Stefanelli & Panos Papadopulos et al, director Sergio Leone, Bank manager

If he’d just pay me what he’s spending to make me stop robbing him, I’d stop robbing him. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 1969 starring Robert Redford & Paul Newman & Katharine Ross & Strother Martin & Henry Jones & Jeff Corey & George Furth & Cloris Leachman & Ted Cassidy & Kenneth Mars et al, director George Roy Hill, Butch

This is us: Bank Robbery. And you are now in the bank robbery capital of the world. Point Break 1991 starring Patrick Swayze & Keanu Reeves & Gary Busey & Lori Petty & John C McGinley & James Le Gros & John Philbin & Bojesse Christopher et al, director Kathryn Bigelow, boss to Utah

It’s a state of mind: it’s that place where you lose yourself and you find yourself. ibid. Swayze

With this much money up for grabs, likely they’ve got every two-bit gunman in the territory along. The Train Robbers 1973 starring John Wayne & Rod Taylor & Ben Johnson & Christopher George & Bobby Vinton & Jerry Gatlin & Ricardo Montalban & Anne-Margret, director Burt Kennedy, opening scene, gang gather

The name’s Spikes. Harry Spikes. I’m a bank robber, boys. The Spikes Gang 1974 starring Ron Howard & Lee Marvin & Gary Grimes & Charlie Martin Smith & Arthur Hunnicutt & Noah Beery & Marc Smith & Don Fellows & Susan Coyne et al, director Richard Fleischer