Topic: Roger Donaldson

Inside 'The Bank Job'

How Stuff Works - 557 days ago
In 1971, a group of thieves broke into the safe deposit boxes at Lloyds Bank on Baker Street in London and stole more than 500,000 British pounds in cash and jewelry. Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais ("The Commitments," "Flushed ...

Another Heist Movie, Another Bank Job

Crosswalk - 1302 days ago
Terry Leather (Jason Statham, Transporter, Snatch) is a London car dealer with a shady past-and some very overdue debts toward the friendly neighborhood loan shark. Martine has information about a bank that will be open for several days, without security. Although Martine ...

Living image of 1970s London

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1427 days ago
Most critics faintly praised Roger Donaldson's half-true heist movie as an inoffensively cheery British caper. I can't offer any insight into the truth or falsehood of this, but I can say that Donaldson's film perfectly captures the atmosphere, the ...