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Tag Archives: Grand Slam (1967)
The heist always goes wrong, part 3: 10 of the best heist films you’ve never seen
As readers of this site know, I love a good heist film, the ingenuity of their plots and the variations they come in, whether it be the all star team assembled for the job of a life time or a group of desperate men and women trying for one last big score.
Everyone can name their favourite heist films and, for the most part, it is usually the big name titles such as The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) and the French classic, Rififi (1955). Indeed, I listed these and many other well know heist movies in previous posts on this site, ‘The heist always goes wrong, part 1: ten of the best heist movies ever made’ and ‘The heist always goes wrong, part 2: reader picks and other favourite heist movies’.
But what about the lessor known heist films that are great but which nobody knows about?
To celebrate the release of my second crime novel, Gunshine State, I have compiled the following list of the 10 best heist films you’ve never seen.
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
Operation Amsterdam functions as both a war and a heist film. Peter Finch plays Jan Smit, a British intelligence officer ordered to infiltrate the city of Amsterdam, which is on the verge of being overrun by invading German forces, and prevent the city’s diamond reserves from falling into Nazi hands.… Read more
Posted in 60s American crime films, 70s American crime films, Christopher Lee, Crime film, Donald Westlake aka Richard Stark, Heist films, Stanley Baker
Tagged A Prize of Arms (1962), Alain Delon, Armoured (2009), Charles Bronson, Christopher Lee, Circus of Fear (1966), Donald Westlake aka Richard Stark, Edward G Robinson, Eva Bartock, Farewell, Francoise Prevost, Friend (1968), Grand Slam (1967), Gunshine State, heist films, I Promise to Pay (1959), Killer Force (1976), Klaus Kinski, Matt Dillon, Maud Adams, O J Simpso, Operation Amsterdam (1959), Payroll (1959), Peter Fonda, Psycho Circus (1966), Rififi (1955), Sidney Hayers, Skip Martin, Suzy Kendall, Sweeney 2 (1978), Telly Savalas, The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Day of the Wolves (1971), The Diamond Mercenaries (1976), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), Val Guest