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Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company's headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it's not long before the gang members are fighting among themselves over everybody's share of the loot and trying to avoid capture by the police, who are pouring all their resources into capturing the robbers. Based on a real-life 1950 Brinks Armored Car Co. robbery in Boston.
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
heist, armored car, armored car robbery, caper, jail, parole, prison sentence, voice over narration, street crime, master criminal, gang, escape, investigation, car chase, alcohol abuse, law enforcement, rehabilitation, confined, disorder, crime gone awry, death row, dishonesty, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
1950s, year 1961, 50s
Place:
boston
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
philadelphia
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80%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Plot:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Place:
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63%
191
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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62%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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58%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
54%
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Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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293
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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