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Seven Thieves (1960)

Seven Thieves poster
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Genre
film noir, heist film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
16
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of professionals plan and execute a casino heist in Monte Carlo. Led by an older mastermind and a younger safecracker, they face internal tensions and external risks.

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What happens

Seven Thieves is a 1960 American heist crime drama film shot in CinemaScope. It stars Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins and Eli Wallach. Directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Sydney Boehm, it was adapted for the screen by Sydney Boehm, based on the 1959 novel The Lions At The Kill by Max Catto. Technical advisor was Candy Barr, who, as choreographer, taught dance routines to Collins. Seven Thieves received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design Black-and-White (Bill Thomas). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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