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Charley Varrick (1973)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 7 out of 10 Charley Varrick (Walter Matthau) is a crop duster and former stunt pilot who in order to make ends meet robs small banks in and around the state of Nevada. He...
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The Anderson Tapes (1971)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 8 out of 10 In Sean Connery’s long and storied career in which he has played in a wide variety of films, The Anderson Tapes somehow always gets lost in the shuffle, which...
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$ (Dollars) (1971)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 8 out of 10 Inspired by the British hit Perfect Friday this inventive and original bank heist film holds up well and has a great mix of action and comedy as well as oozing...
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Family Business (1989)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 4 out of 10 Any movie that casts Dustin Hoffman, Sean Connery, and Mathew Broderick as a father, son, and grandson team of robbers has me hooked before I have even seen...
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How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 2 out of 10 Jane, Elaine, and Louise (Susan Saint James, Jane Curtain, Jessica Lange) are three women who find themselves in financial straits. They become...
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The Jokers (1967)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 8 out of 10 Brothers Michael (Michael Crawford) and David (Oliver Reed) decide that working life is not for them and come up with an elaborate robbery that will afford...
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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 6 out of 10 Eli Kotch (James Coburn) manages to con his way out of jail by playing on the affections of his pretty jailhouse psychiatrist (Marian McCargo). His plans are...
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Happy New Year (1973)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 8 out of 10 Stylish, moody, charming, serene, glossy, and evocative are just a few of the words that come to mind when you view this film and that’s just after the first...
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Topkapi (1964)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 8 out of 10 Elizabeth (Melina Mercouri) and Walter (Maximilian Schell) have formed a group of amateur thieves to help them steal an emerald dagger out of the famed Topkapi...
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The Split (1968)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 5 out of 10 Since today is Superbowl Sunday I wanted to come up with a film from the 60’s with some sort of football theme and decided to dig this one out of the …...
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Burglar (1987)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 3 out of 10 4-Word Review: Burglar witnesses a murder. Bernice who goes by the nickname of Bernie (Whoopi Goldberg) is a cat burglar who gets hired by a dentist named...
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Sitting Ducks (1980)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 6 out of 10 4-Word Review: Running from the mob. Simon (Michael Emil) and Sidney (Zach Norman) are two average guys with vastly different temperaments who decide to...
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Tough Guys (1986)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 3 out of 10 4-Word Review: Old guys go 80’s. Harry Doyle (Burt Lancaster) and Archie Long (Kirk Douglas) are two old-time crooks, the last men to rob a train, who are...
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How to Steal a Million (1966)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 8 out of 10 4-Word Review: They steal a statue. Bonnet (Hugh Griffith) is a successful art forger who lends his Cellini Venus statue to a Paris Museum. He also has it...
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Perfect Friday (1970)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 7 out of 10 4-Word Review: Kooky trio robs bank. This uniquely structured and offbeat sleeper details an elaborate bank heist where staid bank employee Mr. Graham (Stanley...
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Gambit (1966)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 6 out of 10 4-Word Review: Foolproof plan has holes. Harry (Michael Caine) is an international cat burglar looking to make his biggest steal yet. He recruits dance girl...
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Rabid Dogs (1974)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 7 out of 10 4-Word Review: Terror filled car ride. Four men decide to hijack a car that is delivering the payroll to the employees of a local Italian pharmaceutical plant....
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 5 out of 10 4-Word Review: Detective hounds jewel thief. Webster (Ryan O’Neal) is a bored computer programmer who has grown cynical of the business world and decides to...
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The Catamount Killing (1974)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 3 out of 10 4-Word Review: They’re wracked with guilt. Mark (Horst Buchholz) is a recent divorcee who has moved to a small town and gotten a job as the new bank manager....
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Sweet Revenge (1976)
By Richard Winters My Rating: 6 out of 10 4-Word Review: Pretty lady steals cars. Despite squatting in an abandoned house, having no job, no money and virtually no life Vurrla (Stockard Channing)...
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