The movie is based on a real 1971 London bank robbery at Lloyds Bank, Baker Street, which was instigated by a few MI5 officials to recover compromising photographs of a certain female member of the Royal family. Like all operations, after the robbery, it goes out of control with the local police, the MI5, the corrupt police officials and local porn-club owner (a club ledger containing the corruption records of local police also goes missing from one of the lockers) looking for the culprits. The culprits soon realise that they have got more than just money…and understand the plot and involvement of one of their team members. They quickly turn it around to negotiate a 'no prosecution' agreement with MI5 and get the corrupt police officers & club owner arrested.An estimated £4m went missing from the
locker (more than the great train robbery) but a lot of people did not come forward to report their loss. Surprising?An amazing film. A must watch.
*****
2 comments:
Do check out these 2 classic heist movies of the 1950s on DVD ( both Film Noir genre), if you haven't already :
a) The Killing - Stanley Kubrick classic heist story at the Races
b)Rififi - French Classic
Black n white tales that build up on a slow pace. Must watch to benchmark these new releases.
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