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Robbery Overview:

Robbery (1967) was a Crime - Mystery Film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Joseph E. Levine, Stanley Baker and Michael Deeley.

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Pre-Code Crazy: Jewel Robbery (1932)

By shadowsandsatin on Oct 3, 2021 From Shadows and Satin

October is the cruelest month . . . for me trying to pick out a pre-Code to recommend on TCM! You see, TCM’s schedule every October features lots of horror movies, from the famous to the obscure, and if you know me at all, you know that horror movies are not my bag, man. So, once I eliminated the ... Read full article

LEGENDS OF WESTERN CINEMA WEEK: The Big Valley, The Great Safe Robbery, 1966

on Aug 20, 2020 From Caftan Woman

Hamlette's Soliloquy and Along the Brandywine are our hosts for the online celebration Legends of Western Cinema Week, during August 17 - 21. The celebration of your (our) favourite westerns will certainly brighten the summer of 2020. The Barkleys of The Big Valley Barbara Stanwyck as Victo... Read full article

Armored Car Robbery (1950): Wrigley Field L.A. Noir

By 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 3, 2019 From 4 Star Films

Armored Car Robbery instantly had my rapt attention in part because of its location shooting and due to one place in particular. We start out at L.A. City Hall and soon a shooting and a robbery are being called in from nearby Wrigley Field, which sends Lt. Cordell (Charles McGraw) and his partner ou... Read full article

Jewel Robbery (1932)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 16, 2018 From 4 Star Films

It’s the old story. A pompous old coot is bragging proudly about his new unstoppable, indestructible system of invisible lights he has put in place to stop even the most skilled burglars. No sooner have the words left his mouth and we already know he’s doomed. Sure enough, not a moment... Read full article

Film Noir Review: Armored Car Robbery (1950)

By Danilo Castro on Aug 13, 2018 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

“Tough break, Marsha.” The heist movie is a subset of film noir that rewards brevity. The characters in these films are professionals, articulate men who find success in choosing their actions, and their words, carefully. Mere seconds can mean the difference between the heist of a lifeti... Read full article

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Robbery Facts
It was the realistic car chase through the streets of London in this picture, that led to director Peter Yates doing another car chase in San Francisco a year later. Steve McQueen personally wanted Yates for what turned out to be his highest grossing film Bullitt.
Joanna Pettet replaced an actress who dropped out.
Like many British tough-guy actors of the 1950s to the 1970s, Robbery star Stanley Baker liked to hang out with real gangsters (see James Morton: Gangland, 1991). It is not meant to suggest that Baker was a criminal himself, but the fact is that actors and rascals in the 1950s and 1960s used to socialise at the same hours of the night, because in Britain in those days the pubs all closed at 10pm, and people who had to work late had to go to late-night clubs to chill out after hours.
The train robbery scenes were filmed at Theddingworth on the Rugby - Market Harborough - Peterborough line. This route had been closed in June 1966 and the tops of the rails were already rusty, so the film crew had to clean and polish them using mops and brushes at the start of filming to make it look as if the rails were still in use.
The first feature film of John Savident.
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