Supposedly, its based on the 1971 baker street robbery, in which a group of thieves burgled a series of safety deposit. Hatton gardens brian reader found photos of mp abusing children. Jun 01, 2015 indianapolisunited states attorney josh j. Marylebone road and baker street, on the corner here is the bank, next door is the chicken inn, and at 189, le sac. The 2008 film, the bank job was based on the 1971 robbery of lloyds bank in baker street. This book was a well written story about a little remembered bank robbery that took place during the 30s. Authorities said man walked into united bank in the 1600 block of k street nw, near. The charlestown neighborhood of boston was the bank robbery capital of the us when hogan wrote this novel which was filmed as the town, an excellent movie. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. The story of the walkie talkie robbers is actually pretty much on the money, at least according to one of an interview with on exgang member. What are the most realistic bank robberies in film. Feb 16, 2008 bank job that opened the door on a royal sex scandal covered in rubble, the gang later dubbed the sewer rats were about to stage one of the most audacious heists in british criminal history. A gang tunnelled 40 feet from a rented shop two doors away to come up through the floor of the vault.
Based on the true story of the 1971 baker street bank robbery which was prevented from being told for over thirty years because of a government. The robbery made headlines for a few days and then disappeared the result of a d notice, gagging the press. Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the lloyds bank in marylebone london, lionsgates the bank job stars. The baker street robbery has more recently become famous because of the 2008 film bank job which was based on the heist and also a channel 5 documentary special at the end of last year. Two months later, in february, tucker returned to the bank, this time renting a safety deposit box. Princess margarets affair with gangster was real reason. The most famous version of this theory was turned into an entertaining film in 2008 called the bank job. The baker street robbery has more recently become famous because of the 2008 film bank job which was based on the heist and also a channel 5. It is a comedy thriller based on the sensational 1971 robbery of safetydeposit boxes in lloyds bank in londons baker street. The robbery made headlines for a few days and then suddenly disappeared the result of a uk government d notice, gagging the press. The baker street bank robbery 1971 and princess margaret. The baker street robbery involved four principal players, none of whom had a. The 1971 baker street robbery in london the datalounge. Based loosely on the baker street robbery, it alleges that british intelligence had hired the gang to raid the safety deposit boxes at the bank to retrieve pornographic photographs of a prominent member of royalty.
Muse is a song from jethro tulls album minstrel in the gallery, which was released in 1975. News of the robbery dominated the headlines for four days then disappeared from sight. Minneapolis city bank has been entrusted with a priceless diamond. This refers to robbery of a bank branch or teller, as opposed to other bank owned property, such as a train, armored car, or historically stagecoach. Over a september weekend in 1971, a gang of thieves tunnelled underneath a chicken inn restaurant into the vault of lloyds bank at 185 baker street. Jan 27, 2016 after taking almost three months to tunnel under a branch of lloyds bank on baker street, on september 1, 1971, three robbers forced open more than 260 safetydeposit boxes and walked away with loot valued at more than. It has been claimed the queens sister was involved in a whirlwind romance with a london gangster, which subsequently led to the infamous 1971 lloyds bank robbery in baker street. In september 1971, thieves tunneled into the vault of a bank in londons baker street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewelry worth over three million pounds. In 1971 british banks were usually closed from friday afternoons until. The walkietalkie bank job this is where the famous walkietalkie bank job took place. Feb 26, 2018 the most famous version of this theory was turned into an entertaining film in 2008 called the bank job. I was working for a record shop on st johns wood roundabout aptly called.
The first time just for fun, the second to study the intricacies, and there are plenty. Bank job that opened the door on a royal sex scandal mirror. Hatton garden ringleader brian reader also masterminded. The bank is still in operation today, though now operating as bank of the west. Sign up for free now and never miss the top royal stories again. Bank robbery for beginners by anthony prince is not your typical crime novel but more a story of a comedy of errors that lead to a couple of young australian men spending time in american prisons. A gang tunnelled 40 feet 12 m from a rented shop two doors away to come up through the floor of the vault. And oh, how everyone is guilty here in this great big web of crime. Untold story of baker street bank robbery uk news the. It was not until the bank opened for business after the weekend that the robbery was discovered.
The baker street robbery posted on june 28, 2019 november 2, 2019 by robert lordan this is the story of an audacious bank robbery which occurred on or rather below baker street in the autumn of 1971. Incredibly a few hundred metres away in a flat on wimpole street a radio ham called robert rowlands started picking up. Career bank robber sentenced to 324 months in federal prison. Dog day afternoon 1975 stars al pacino and chris sarandon.
During the evening of 11 september 1971, four men entered the london branch of lloyds bank located on baker street after tunnelling their way over a distance. An amateur radio ham, robert rowland, alerted scotland yard that he had overheard a robbery in progress somewhere within a 10mile radius of central london. The great bank robbery is a 1969 western comedy film from warner bros. The bank job is based on the infamous 1971 baker street bank robbery, an event that shook up england, damaging the reputation of government and police officials, before it was locked down with a rare usage of the silencing dnotice. Mar 28, 2006 did you know the largest bank robbery in the united states took place in orange county. In 1971 a brazen robbery occurred at lloyds bank in the marleyborne section of london. The baker street robbery was a robbery of the safe deposit boxes at a branch of lloyds bank on the corner of baker street and marylebone road, london, on the night of 11 september 1971. The bank job believe it or not, i was indirectly responsible for this, one of the biggest bank robberies in england. The robbery made headlines for a few days and then disappeared the result of a uk government d notice, gagging the press. In 1971, a team of thieves in london tunneled under the baker street branch of lloyds bank and emptied its vault.
How mi5 raided a bank to get pictures of princess margaret. Recent allegations have included linking the hatton garden robbery mastermind, brian reader, with the baker street heist and claims have been made that the robbers left certain incriminating evidence on the vault floor for police to find and investigate. Was the 1971 lloyds bank safety deposit robbery a covert operation to retrieve. The baker street burglary strange unexplained mysteries. Film uses informers revelations on unsolved 1971 crime. Late on the night of september 11, a gang of thieves rented a nearby le sac store and then tunnelled there way into the bank, tow doors down. The story started in 1970 when i was about 25 years old. The film has a nice british budget quality about it and as to be expected theres plenty of violence, swearing, a nit of sex and lots of chuckles. Best bank robbery books a list of books about bank robberiesreal or fiction.
The burglary was planned by anthony gavin, a career criminal, who was inspired by the red. The real story of how one of the biggest robberies in british history took place with no arrests ever made nor money ever recovered. The movie had a soundtrack with songs by jimmy van heusen. The bank robbing scenes are authoritative and the love story is bittersweet. Baker street robbery one of the most mysterious bank robberies ever to have occurred was carried out in london in 1971. Forensic for dummies book found in large cabin on park avenue. I assume, having never heard of this story, the part about the actual robbery is true however, at the end of the movie there are some brief postsctripts telling what happened after the robbery. I love to read historical accounts of events in the distant past and the recent past and this story was very well done. Bank robbery is the crime of stealing money from a bank, specifically while bank employees and customers are subjected to force, violence, or a threat of violence. The shocking images were left behind by the career criminal.
The royal scandal theory is depicted in the 2008 film the bank job. Basically, mi5 hire a bunch of criminals to rob a safety deposit vault that contains a bunch of compromising pictures of a senior royal princess margaret in the movie. Mar 10, 2007 untold story of baker street bank robbery. Reader is thought to have been part of a gang that took more than. The walkietalkie robbery, as it became known, is similar to one solved by baker street. He gets roped into a big heist by a girl he once dated. The robbers had rented a leather goods shop named le sac, two doors down from the bank, and tunneled a distance of approximately 50 feet 15 m passing under. The infamous heist made the london papers at the time thanks to a. Untold story of baker street bank robbery uk news the guardian. The bank job is everything a heist movie should be. The 1971 baker street bank robbery is a case in point.
Baker street is frequently mentioned in the lyrics of jethro tull songs. Lives with aunt and uncle because her parents and older brother were killed during a robbery. Watch the bank job movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Jennings, frank canton, quanah parker, heck thomas. The bank job all the tropes wiki fandom powered by wikia.
The bank job script transcript from the screenplay andor. The robbers had rented a leather goods shop named le sac, two doors down from the bank, and tunnelled a distance of approximately 50 feet 15 m passing under the intervening chicken inn restaurant. Thieves had tunnelled into the vault of lloyds bank on baker street in london and. Hogan paints an unforgettable portrait of a world that was already disappearing ten years ago. Feb 09, 2008 anger at royal slur in bank robbery film on the eve of a movie about the 1971 baker street bank raid, the radio ham who foiled the robbers says its screenplay is a slur on princess margaret. Set in 1971, it stars jason statham, saffron burrows and keeley hawes, along with half the hey, its that guy. Bank job, the 2008 the true story of the 1971 baker street bank robbery which was prevented from being told for over thirty years because of a government gagging order. Accused bank robber from west hartford was in debt, addicted. Set in 1971, it stars jason statham, saffron burrows and keeley hawes, along with half the supporting actors in britain basically, mi5 hire a bunch of criminals to rob a safety deposit vault that contains a bunch of compromising pictures of a senior royal princess margaret in the movie, but. After taking almost three months to tunnel under a branch of lloyds bank on baker street, on september 1, 1971, three robbers forced open more than 260 safetydeposit boxes and walked away with loot valued at more than.
Sherlock holmes and the extraordinary baker street bank. Robert rowland was an amateur radio ham who lived in wimpole street, which is about half a mile away from baker street. I have no idea how historically accurate the bank job is. Jul 12, 2017 even honest people like a great heist in film or fiction.
In september 1971, thieves tunneled into the vault of a bank in londons baker street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewelry worth millions and millions of pounds. 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. The raid at baker street branch of lloyds bank was then britains biggest. Three separate plans to rob a topsecurity bank in the western town of friendly, texas, circa 1880. Mischief theatres smashandgrab hit the comedy about a bank robbery is a fast, fabulous comedy caper and the funniest show in the west end. No big paydays from the tabloids to tell their story, no lucrative book deals. The 1971 baker street robbery in london the contents of some safety deposit boxes were taken, including what most sources agree were sex photos of a prominent member of the royal family, which resulted in the police issuing a national gag order prohibiting papers from discussing the event. Bank job that opened the door on a royal sex scandal. Aug 24, 2008 i just watched a movie called the bank job supposedly based on a true story of a bank robbery in london in 1971.
This is pretty decent fun crime caper, partly based on the very famous baker street bank robbery that took place in the early 70s. With zero mostel, kim novak, clint walker, claude akins. Rowland, who lived in wimpole street, had been tuned in to the 27. Some of the rumours inspired the story for the 2008 film the bank job. The scene of a robbery at the baker street branch of lloyds bank, on the corner with marylebone road, th september 1971. This robbery took place in 1971 at baker st and was unique in that the robbers were caught and over herd talking on a cb radio. Anger at royal slur in bank robbery film uk news the guardian. Minkler announced today that a fort wayne man convicted of conspiracy to commit bank robbery in fishers, in. The baker street robbery was the burglary of safety deposit boxes at the baker street branch of lloyds bank in london, on the night of 11 september 1971. Based on the 1972 story of sonny wortzik, who, with his partner, holds hostage the employees of a new york bank. Speaks english originally from america and japanese. I work for the alarm company, and the bank needed a new alarm system, so they sent me over to do it.
A title card at the end of the bank job tells us that the names were changed to protect the guilty. Four of the thieves were caught, but the rest disappeared with the loot. May 28, 2008 here are a few you might like i added a mini summary so you can decide what you want to watch. In september 1971, thieves tunnelled into the vault of a bank in londons baker street and looted safe deposit boxes of cash and jewellery worth millions and millions of pounds. In the back is an underground car park with direct access to the shops basements. Thieves broke into the vault and made off with thousands of pounds and, some claim, compromising photographs of princess margaret.
The event was first reported on monday, september, 1971. Using a thermal lance to break through the vaults floor as seen in 2008s the bank job. The baker street robbery is the story of an audacious bank robbery which occurred on or rather below baker street in the autumn of 1971. September 1971 the bank job became known as the walkietalkie bank job because of a fluke tipoff from a member of the public who overheard the robbers talking on a twoway radio. This didnt happen, largely because the bank refused to confirm the identities of the. Thieves tunnelled into the vault of lloyds bank and broke open dozens of deposit boxes, leaving huge quantities of jewellery, cash, bearer bonds and other valuables strewn across the floor. As for the rest of us, well watch anything with turtlenecks and dynamite. The gang used walkietalkies to communicate with a lookout on the roof. Jason stratham plays a mild mannered bad guy with a family. The value of the property stolen is unknown, but is likely to have been between. Until today, no one has publicly connected the 1971 raid with the 2015 hatton garden. A 2008 british movie, very loosely based on a true story, namely the 1971 baker street bank robbery. The raid made the headlines in september 1971 and was dubbed the walkietalkie bank job due to a tipoff from.
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