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The Bank Job

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soupcan Apr 17 2008 07:44 AM

Based on the true story of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery which was prevented from being told for over thirty years because of a Government gagging order. The real story of how one of the biggest robberies in British history took place with no arrests ever made nor money ever recovered. Written by Mark Thomas In September 1971, thieves tunneled into the vault of a bank in London's Baker Street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewelry worth over three million pounds. None of it was recovered. Nobody was ever arrested. The robbery made headlines for a few days and then disappeared - the result of a 'D' Notice, gagging the press. This film reveals what was hidden for the first time. The story involves murder, corruption and a sex scandal with links to the Royal Family - a story in which the thieves were the most innocent people involved Go see this movie. Loved it! I gave it 5 looted safe deposit boxes. It had it all, money, sex, drugs, violence, scandal, intrigue, 1971 London. No actors I knew except for Jason Statham. On Edit: Safety Deposit Boxes? What am I - a moron?

Frayed Knot May 28 2009 10:30 PM

As long as you can keep track of all the authorities in this flick: which are the straight cops, the crooked cops, local cops, Scotland Yard, MPs, etc., this one was a lot of fun. Petty street crooks, professional crooks, international crooks, double-crossers, double-crossers getting double-crossed, cop looking for the robbers, cops NOT looking for robbers, cops trying to keep the robbers from other cops and other robbers. And, on top of that, throw in a dose of black radicalism plus some good old political sex scandals as only the British do so well.