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The Great Bank Robbery: Directed by Hy Averback. With Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Claude Akins. Three separate plans to rob a top-security bank in the western town of Friendly, Texas, circa 1880.
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- Comedy, Western
- Hy Averback
- 1969-11-25
A phony evangelist and his group of followers, compete with a Mexican gang and local outlaws to break into a well guarded ban ...more. Zero Mostel ("The Producers," "A Funny Thing Happened on the...
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- 13 'Kelly's Heroes'
- 12 'Baby Driver'
- 11 'The Lavender Hill Mob'
- 10 'Point Break'
- 9 'The Town'
- 8 'The Friends of Eddie Coyle'
- 7 'Going in Stye'
- 6 'Inside Man'
- 5 'Bonnie and Clyde'
As far as movies about bank robberies go, Bank Shot is one of the more obscure ones out there. It's perhaps not one of the best either, but deserves a shout-out (even if it's just in the capacity of an honorable mention) because of the unique premise: rather than being a movie about stealing from a bank, it's a movie about stealing an entire bank o...
While Clint Eastwood is best known for starring in Westerns, those aren't the only roles that define his career. He's been in plenty of more contemporary action, crime, and thriller movies, but comedies featuring Eastwood are a little less common. Rarer still are genuinely good comedies that feature Eastwood as part of the cast. Kelly's Heroes, the...
Baby Driverpresents a unique perspective on the bank robbery sequence, as the main character, Baby (yes, that's what they call him) is a getaway driver, rather than an actual robber. As such, we as viewers get to sit in the car with him during the film's opening robbery sequence, away from the action inside the bank, though undeniably linked to it....
An English heist comedy with a slightly different premise than one might expect, The Lavender Hill Mobendures as an entertaining and clever film. It follows a bank clerk devising a scheme to steal from his employer with the help of a neighbor, with their plan involving stealing gold bullion and melting it down into souvenirs, which will then make t...
Point Break is an iconic 1990s action movie about an FBI agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers who also enjoy surfing. Much of the drama comes from the fact that the agent (played by Keanu Reeves) comes to like the people in the gang he's supposed to take down, especially its leader (played by Patrick Swayze). Point Breakis...
A movie both directed by and starring Ben Affleck, The Townis a movie about a gang of bank robbers in Boston, and their efforts to evade the FBI agents who are after them. It's a movie with plenty of action and thrills, and features a well-executed bank robbery sequence in its opening. It's executed well by the robbers themselves, too, and within t...
A cult classic that's proven inspirational (especially to Quentin Tarantino), The Friends of Eddie Coyleis an underrated heist movie that deserves more love. It follows the titular character as he attempts to play both sides of the law: he supplies guns to some bank-robbing associates, all the while cooperating with the police to let them know abou...
A truly underrated crime/dramedy film, Going in Styleis about three elderly men who decide one day to rob a bank. Their main motivation for doing so is because their lives lack excitement and purpose, and while robbing a bank while in your 70s or 80s may be risky, it would undeniably prove exciting/dangerous, and perhaps make them feel alive again....
Inside Manat first seems to be a pretty standard type of bank robbery film. There's a calculating robber who executes his plans and takes hostages, and a team of police officers representing the other side of the law, who want to defuse the situation, prevent money from being stolen, and save the hostages. The film does focus on this seemingly simp...
A radical and iconic crime movie that helped kick off the New Hollywood Movement, Bonnie and Clydedepicts the short (yet impactful) lives of two of the most famous bank robbers in U.S. history. The title characters gained infamy for a string of bank robberies committed during the 1930s, mainly because they were also partners in the traditional sens...
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Nov 1, 2009 · In this 1969 film she does a Lady Godiva to distract guards during a bank robbery. It's an obscure movie, and on te... This scene should not be lost to history.
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The Great Bank Robbery is a 1969 Western comedy film from Warner Bros. directed by Hy Averback and written by William Peter Blatty, based on the novel by Frank O'Rourke. The movie had a soundtrack with songs by Jimmy Van Heusen.
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The Great Bank Robbery is a 1969 Western comedy film from Warner Bros. directed by Hy Averback and written by William Peter Blatty, based on the novel by Frank O'Rourke. The movie had a soundtrack with songs by Jimmy Van Heusen.
