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Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.

Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.

A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.