Which 1965 Joe Orton play tells the story of two young thieves, Hal and Dennis who rob a bank together?
"Truscott had a mere eight lines in the initial first act). Codron had manoeuvred Orton into meeting his colleague Kenneth Williams in August 1964. Orton reworked ""Loot"" with Williams in mind for Truscott. His other inspiration for the role was DS Harold Challenor. With the success of ""Sloane"", ""Loot"" was hurried into pre-production despite its obvious flaws. Rehearsals began in January 1965, with plans for a six-week tour culminating in a West End debut. The play opened in Cambridge on 1 February to scathing reviews. Orton, at odds with director Peter Wood over the plot, produced 133 pages of new"
"Hal and Dennis. Together they rob the bank next to the funeral parlour where Dennis works and return to Hal's home to hide the money. Hal's mother has just died and the money is hidden in her coffin while her body keeps on appearing around the house. Upon the arrival of Inspector Truscott, the plot becomes bizarre as Hal and Dennis try to keep him off their trail, aided by Nurse McMahon and to the despair of Hal's father, Mr. McLeavy. The play satirises the rituals of bereavement, and the mismatch between nominal standards of behaviour - religious and secular"
"Charles McDougall<br> Writer: Nick Perry<br> Originator: TJ Austin<br> Starring: Hans Matheson and Carmen Ejogo<br> Synopsis: Two young opportunists steal a briefcase, which turns out to contain wads of money. Their victim shoots at them, but they seem to escape unscathed onto an unused platform where they board a mysterious train. A preacher reads from the bible and a young boy washes passenger's feet. Leaving the train the couple leave the money with a tramp before heading to the exit where only one of their tickets is valid.<br> Cast: (in alphabetical order) Tim Barlow (Elderly Drunk); Darren Carr (Black Boy); Jim"
"Michael Fentiman that reminds us of the serious intent behind Orton’s drollery."" Loot (play) Loot is a two-act play by the English playwright Joe Orton. The play is a dark farce that satirises the Roman Catholic Church, social attitudes to death, and the integrity of the police force. ""Loot"" was Orton's third major production, following ""Entertaining Mr Sloane"" and the television play ""The Good and Faithful Servant"". Playing with the conventions of popular farce, Orton creates a hectic world and examines English attitudes and perceptions in the mid twentieth century. The play won several awards in its London run and"
"and in the argument they fly into the sky on their old wagon, pulled by their old horse Hercules, arguing over which one will go to Heaven. Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane is a play written by Ray Galton and John Antrobus that brought the ""Steptoe and Son"" saga to an end. It was first performed in 2005. The title of the play was borrowed from the Swedish 1982 play ""Albert & Herbert: Mordet på Skolgatan 15"" (meaning ""Albert & Harold : The Murder at Skolgatan 15"")"
"is brewing. Meanwhile, Henry's son Hal is joking, drinking, and thieving with Falstaff and his associates. He likes Falstaff but makes no pretense at being like him. He enjoys insulting his dissolute friend and makes sport of him by joining in Poins’ plot to disguise themselves and rob and terrify Falstaff and three friends of loot they have stolen in a highway robbery, purely for the fun of watching Falstaff lie about it later, after which Hal returns the stolen money. Rather early in the play, in fact, Hal informs us that his riotous time will soon come to a"
"""Hatton Garden: The Heist"" from 2016, ""The Hatton Garden Job"" (aka ""One Last Heist"") from 2017, and ""King of Thieves"" starring Michael Caine and Ray Winstone from 2018. Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary In April 2015, the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company, an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area, was burgled. The total stolen may have a value of up to £200 million, and the incident has been called the ""largest burglary in English legal history."" The heist was planned and carried out by four elderly men who were experienced thieves, all of whom pleaded guilty and"
"The Last Heist The Last Heist is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Mike Mendez and written by Guy Stevenson starring Henry Rollins, Torrance Coombs and Victoria Pratt. Bernard (Henry Rollins) arrives at a small bank in L.A. to withdraw his belongings from a safety deposit box due to the bank closing down. Entering the bank, Bernard encounters the mild-mannered employee Danny (Michael Aaron Milligan), his manager Mark (John O'Brien), the elderly Ms. Waxman (Fay DeWitt) and Cynthia (Courtney Compton). Bernard insists that he is seen to before the other customers, and, intimidated, Cynthia allows Danny to show"
"Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane is a play written by Ray Galton and John Antrobus that brought the ""Steptoe and Son"" saga to an end. It was first performed in 2005. The title of the play was borrowed from the Swedish 1982 play ""Albert & Herbert: Mordet på Skolgatan 15"" (meaning ""Albert & Harold : The Murder at Skolgatan 15"") by ""Sten-Åke Cederhök"", although in this play, the murder refers not to Albert but to their home in Haga, Gothenburg. ""Steptoe and Son"" had been a successful"
"Half the need, love. The other half, greed.'"" The movie version was released in 1962 as ""The Happy Thieves"", starring Rex Harrison and Rita Hayworth, and was dismissed by ""The New York Times"" as a ""limp herring"" of ""the devastating first novel"". The duchess was ... a tribal yo-yo on a string eight hundred years long... Bourne always sat uncommonly still ... a monument to his own nerves which bayed like bloodhounds at the moon of his ambition. ... the giant gestures of throwing the ball from the long baskets as Van Gogh might have tried to throw off despair"
"February 1959. The play was adapted into a film of the same title in 1961. ""A Taste of Honey"" is set in Salford in North West England in the 1950s. It tells the story of Jo, a seventeen-year-old working class girl, and her mother, Helen, who is presented as crude and sexually indiscriminate. Helen leaves Jo alone in their new flat after she begins a relationship with Peter, a rich lover who is younger than she. At the same time Jo begins a romantic relationship with Jimmy, a black sailor. He proposes marriage but then goes to sea, leaving Jo"
"civilization, he will sooner or later catch them in adultery, and he can use the ""unwritten law"" to kill Brighton and thus escape punishment from the law. But the plot backfires. Bait (1954 film) Bait is a 1954 crime drama, written, directed and produced by Hugo Haas. Haas himself, Cleo Moore and John Agar starred in the film. Middle-aged Marko (Haas) is searching for a lost gold mine for nearly 20 years. To share expenses for a prospecting expedition he teams up with bright young Ray Brighton (Agar). When they find the mine Marko decides he doesn't want to share"
"The Comedy About a Bank Robbery The Comedy About a Bank Robbery is a comedy play written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre. The play premiered at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End on 31 March 2016, with an official opening night on 21 April 2016, marking the third production by Mischief Theatre to open in the West End following ""The Play That Goes Wrong"" and ""Peter Pan Goes Wrong"" (with all three running simultaneously during the Christmas 2016 season). On 3 December 2015, it was announced the play would begin previews at the"
"Den of Thieves (film) Den of Thieves (released in some countries as Criminal Squad) is a 2018 American heist film written, directed, and produced by Christian Gudegast and starring Gerard Butler, Curtis ""50 Cent"" Jackson, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Evan Jones, Dawn Olivieri, Mo McRae, and Max Holloway. In the film, an elite group of County Sheriff Deputies look to stop a gang of thieves planning to rob the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles. The film was released in the United States on January 19, 2018, distributed by STXfilms, received mixed reviews and grossed $80 million worldwide. A sequel"
"Thieves (play) Thieves is a play by Herb Gardner. Its focus is on Martin and Sally Cramer, whose twelve-year marriage is slowly disintegrating. He has become the stuffy headmaster of a fashionable Manhattan private school, while she clings to her dedication to the underprivileged and continues to teach in a ghetto public school. For him, their new high-rise apartment is a sign of their steady upward mobility; she is so unhappy with his need to earn and spend she moves all the antique furniture he has purchased to their first apartment on the Lower East Side. The growing chasm between"
"is bound to a wheelchair, insists on keeping the money until Jess Harper arrives amid grave danger to all of their lives from the bandits searching about for the missing money. One of the bandits is played by Don ""Red"" Barry, best remembered from the 1940 film ""Adventures of Red Ryder"". In ""Trapped"" (May 14, 1963), guest stars include Tommy Sands, Claude Akins, and Jim Davis. In the story line, Slim Sherman finds an injured kidnap victim in the woods, portrayed by Mona Freeman. Dennis Holmes, as Mike Williams, rides away to seek help, but the kidnappers reclaim the hostage."
"""Fast and fabulous comedy caper is a joyful night out."" The Comedy About a Bank Robbery The Comedy About a Bank Robbery is a comedy play written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre. The play premiered at the Criterion Theatre in London's West End on 31 March 2016, with an official opening night on 21 April 2016, marking the third production by Mischief Theatre to open in the West End following ""The Play That Goes Wrong"" and ""Peter Pan Goes Wrong"" (with all three running simultaneously during the Christmas 2016 season). On 3 December 2015,"
"the money, also sets up a Back-to-South movement in the middle of Harlem, causes a ruckus, tries to get bale of cotton back unsuccessfully. Billie - mysterious friend of Iris, exotic dancer, ends up with the bale of cotton from Uncle Bud to use in her dance routine, sells the bale to Col. Calhoun for $1k. Lo Boy - ordinary con-man who worked with Early Riser (a gangster) to do petty crimes; the main witness to the Hijacker vehicle crash. Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones’ roles as black police officers in a white-dominated and racist New York City precinct"
"Jackson Jr. were in talks to reprise their roles. Den of Thieves (film) Den of Thieves (released in some countries as Criminal Squad) is a 2018 American heist film written, directed, and produced by Christian Gudegast and starring Gerard Butler, Curtis ""50 Cent"" Jackson, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Evan Jones, Dawn Olivieri, Mo McRae, and Max Holloway. In the film, an elite group of County Sheriff Deputies look to stop a gang of thieves planning to rob the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles. The film was released in the United States on January 19, 2018, distributed by STXfilms, received"
"Band of Robbers Band of Robbers is a 2015 American crime comedy film written and directed by brothers Aaron and Adam Nee based on Mark Twain's ""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"" and ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"". In this modern-day retelling, the two iconic rascals are grown up and small-time crooks still searching for the fabled Murrell's treasure that has eluded them since childhood. The story draws heavily from Twain's classic novels, including characters, plot twists and even dialogue. When Huck Finn (Kyle Gallner) is released from jail he is greeted by his lifelong friend, Tom Sawyer (Adam Nee), now an"
"an unemployed driver, were part of a gang which also included Christopher Louis Darby (aged 20, a coalman) and Terence Lutt (aged 17, an unemployed labourer). On the night of 25 June 1960, at about 11.17 p.m., they set upon 23-year-old engineer Allan Jee on a footpath at the bottom of James Street, Hounslow, Middlesex, kicking him unconscious while attempting to relieve him of his money (a ten-shilling note which was all the money Jee had on him was missed) and leaving him bleeding from head injuries. Jee, who had been walking home after an evening with his fiancée, Jacqueline"
"bank heist after discovering a gun in the family home. Along with Barton, film critic Roger Ebert called their work in the film ""two of the most natural and freed performances I have seen by actors of any age."" Van Hoy followed up his breakout role on Pups with guest appearances on the TV series, ""Hey Arnold!"". He returned to the screen in 2008 after a 6-year absence, starring in ""David & Fatima"". The drama is an updated retelling of Shakespeare's ""Romeo & Juliet"" but based on the love between an Israeli man and a Palestinian woman. In 2009, he"
"of the Independents"" was inspired by ""Charley Varrick"". Charley Varrick Charley Varrick (aka The Last of the Independents and Kill Charley Varrick) is a 1973 crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Walter Matthau, Andrew Robinson, Joe Don Baker and John Vernon. The film was based on the novel ""The Looters"" by John H. Reese. Charley Varrick is a crop-duster and former stunt pilot. Charley, his wife Nadine, longtime accomplice Al Dutcher, and youngster Harman Sullivan rob a bank in the rural community of Tres Cruces, New Mexico. While Nadine waits in the getaway car, the heavily disguised Charley"
"containing this short and ""The Old Shoe Came Back"" on a single reel. A thief sneaks into the Robinson home with the intention of looting it. He is discovered by a young girl, Edna Robinson, and flees taking only her toy bank containing the paltry sum of 29 cents USD, . She is so upset about the theft of her bank that the parents decide to inform the police. They go to the police station and report the robbery, but the police laugh at them. The parents go home and inform Edna that the police will not do anything, which"
"flat at 25 Noel Road in Islington in 1959. A lack of serious work led them to amuse themselves with pranks and hoaxes. Orton created the alter ego Edna Welthorpe, an elderly theatre snob, whom he later revived to stir controversy over his plays. Orton chose the name as an allusion to Terence Rattigan's Aunt Edna, Rattigan's archetypal playgoer. From January 1959, they began surreptitiously to remove books from several local public libraries and modify the cover art or the blurbs before returning them to the shelves. A volume of poems by John Betjeman, for example, was returned to the"
"the boys play along for their amusement. After a laugh, they subtly explain to Oliver they are actually a pickpocket gang. At the same time, Fagin helps the boys practice their stealing while proclaiming his belief that (""You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"") to get by. Once the boys go to sleep, Fagin sneaks off to meet with an adult thief with whom he does business, Bill Sikes, who burgles houses, while Fagin's gang only steal out of peoples pockets. Sikes, unlike Fagin, is brutal, neglectful and merciless. Sikes' girlfriend, Nancy, waits for him at the pub and"
"their play ""Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane"" at the Theatre Royal, York. The play is set in the present day and relates the events that lead to Harold killing his father, and their eventual meeting thirty years later (Albert appearing as a ghost). A series of old plays updated for modern times, entitled ""Galton and Simpson's Half Hour"", was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2009. The series of four episodes was made to celebrate the duo's 60-year anniversary, and the cast consists of Frank Skinner, Mitchell and Webb, Rik Mayall, June Whitfield and Paul Merton."
"by his father as a child. The Big Bankroll The Big Bankroll is a 1961 American crime film directed by Joseph M. Newman, produced by Samuel Bischoff and starring David Janssen, Dianne Foster, Diana Dors and Jack Carson. During the prohibition era the gangster Arnold Rothstein rises to be a major figure in the criminal underworld. It is also known by the alternative title King of the Roaring 20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein. It was based on a book by Leo Katcher. Arnold Rothstein gains a reputation in 1920s New York City as an expert gambler. He so impresses"
"small town, police arrest Powell for driving a stolen car and he is sentenced to jail. Meanwhile, a local family man named Ben Harper kills two people in a bank robbery. He arrives home and hides the money he has stolen inside his daughter's rag doll. He convinces his two young children, John and Pearl, to keep the hiding place secret. The police arrive and arrest Ben, while John is shocked by the way the police roughly overpower his father. Harper and Powell share a cell where Powell, soon to be released, tries without success to learn the location of"
"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British-American crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, produced by Matthew Vaughn and starring an ensemble cast featuring Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, and Sting. The story is a heist involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag. To pay off his debts, he and his friends decide to rob a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat"
"The Hatton Garden Job The Hatton Garden Job, also known as One Last Heist, is a 2017 British crime film. The film is a dramatization of real-life events which climax in April 2015, when the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company, based underground in the Hatton Garden area of central London, is burgled by four elderly men, all experienced thieves. Directed by Ronnie Thompson, it stars Larry Lamb, Matthew Goode, and Joely Richardson. The film had its West End of London première at the Curzon, Shaftesbury Avenue, on 11 April 2017.. Larry Lamb plays the 76-year-old Brian Reader, taking the lead"
"engagement. Set in a dilapidated Connecticut house in early September 1923, the play focuses on three characters: Josie, a domineering Irish woman with a quick tongue and a ruined reputation, her conniving father, tenant farmer Phil Hogan, and James Tyrone, Jr., Hogan's landlord and drinking companion, a cynical alcoholic haunted by the death of his mother. The play begins with Mike, the last of Hogan's three sons, leaving the farm. As a joke during one of their drunken bouts, Tyrone threatens to sell his land to his hated neighbor, T. Steadman Harder, and evict Hogan. Hogan creates a scheme in"
"Joe orders her to call the police, instead. He then turns on the lights to his rear yard, illuminating his spacious swimming pool and well maintained patio. As sirens are heard in the background, Joe leans against the wall and awaits his fate in the arms of his wife. The Money Trap The Money Trap is a 1965 crime drama film directed by Burt Kennedy, written by Walter Bernstein based on the novel of the same name by Lionel White, and starring Glenn Ford, Elke Sommer and Rita Hayworth. The supporting cast features Ricardo Montalban, Joseph Cotten and James Mitchum."