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Even one of cinemas earliest films,The Great Train Robbery,is essentially a heist movie.

The trouble begins when the store starts turning a profit.

LARCENY INC., Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, 1942

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Curtis would later star opposite Lancaster inTrapezeandThe Sweet Smell of Success.

Marilyn Monroe appears in her first speaking role as the mistress of one of the crooks.

Shot on location in London, it earned Alec Guinness his first Academy Award nomination.

CRISS CROSS, from left, Yvonne De Carlo, Burt Lancaster, 1949

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Having already caught Simon Dermott (OToole) robbing her apartment, she enlists his help.

In the midst of their attempted heist, the two fall in love.

Hepburn looks exquisite here in modish, chic fashions with swooping eyeliner.

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE, (l-r) Marilyn, Monroe, Sterling Hayden, 1950.

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With the assistance of Givenchy, she reinvented herself as a style icon yet again.

were featured in the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

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the LAVENDER HILL MOB, from left: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, 1951, tlhm1951-fsct08, Photo by:

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RIFIFI, Robert Manuel, Perlo Vita (aka Jules Dassin), 1955 [US: 1956]

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THE KILLING, Sterling Hayden, 1956

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HOW TO STEAL A MILLION, Audrey Hepburn, 1966. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rig

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ITALIAN JOB, Michael Caine, Maggie Blye, 1969

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