Purr Blur! A brown and white tabby sits outside the closing gates of the museum in this fanciful heist film reviewed by Linda Kay.
Topkapi (1964)
Category Archives: Heist
Pool of London (1951)
A longhair calico cat is friends with an elderly watchman in this British drama reviewed by Linda Kay.
The Maiden Heist (2009)
Directed by: Peter Hewitt Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Museum security guards Roger (Christopher Walken), Charles (Morgan Freeman) and George (William H. Macy) are obsessed with specific works of art and plan to steal the pieces when they find out the entire exhibition is moving overseas. […]
Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)
Directed by: Jim Van Bebber Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A gang leader named Goose (Jim Van Bebber) swears vengeance when a rival gang targets his girlfriend. Kitty Cameo: Goose’s gang agrees to pull a large heist with their rival gang. After the job, the […]
The Love Punch (2013)
Directed by: Joel Hopkins Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Kate (Emma Thompson) and Richard (Pierce Brosnan) are a divorced couple who reunite for a crazy heist scheme to recoup their pension money stolen by a company takeover. Cat Credit: An animated black cat is part […]
Mission: Impossible – “The Diamond”
Original Air Date: February 4, 1967 Directed by: Robert Douglas Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The team is assigned to retrieve the world’s largest diamond from Prime Minister Henrik Durvard (John Van Dreelen) who plans to sell the uncut gem in order to obtain more power. […]
Borsalino (1970)
Directed by: Jacques Deray This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: François Capella (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Roch Siffredi (Alain Delon) are two small time hoods in 1930’s Marseille who decide to team up to take down the big gangsters. Cat […]
Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018)
Directed by: Milorad Krstic Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Psychotherapist Ruben Brandt (voiced by Iván Kamarás) is haunted by famous paintings which leads his notorious larcenous patients to steal them for him. Cartoon Cats: Some notable animated cats appear in this unique film, as well […]
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Directed by: Sidney Lumet Synopsis: Ex-con Duke Anderson (Sean Connery) plans an ambitious heist with an entire apartment building as the target. Purr Blur: During the robbing of an apartment with elderly residents, a ginger tabby cat is standing on a cupboard to one side. Final Mewsings: Cats don’t associate with cat burglars. Many thanks […]
Logan Lucky (2017)
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Synopsis: The usually unlucky Logan brothers (Channing Tatum and Adam Driver) attempt to pull of a heist at a NASCAR racetrack. Kitty Cameos: At the end of the film, a montage of the brothers settling up with various people involved with the robbery one way or another is shown. A woman […]