The Hatton Garden Job (2017)
Larry Lamb plays the 76-year-old Brian Reader, taking the lead among the four “codgers” who carry out the operation, with the title of Guvnor, while the other three at the sharp end of the raid are Danny Jones, Terry Perkins, and Kenny Collins. Apart from more routine thievery going back at least to his first conviction in 1975, Reader had previously laundered the proceeds of the Brink’s-Mat robbery of 1983. The burglars enter the underground premises over an Easter bank holiday weekend through a lift shaft, then drill through the thick walls of the vault with an industrial power drill, proceeding over the following two days to rifle through dozens of deposit boxes.
The burglar alarm goes off, but the police decide not to attend. The robbery remains undetected until staff return to work the following week, and newspapers are soon calling it the biggest theft in English history, as the total stolen has a reported value of up to £200 million — although the gang of seven (who have a combined age of 448) don’t believe it. Matthew Goode plays the organiser of the robbery, known only as XXX, while Joely Richardson is Erzebet Zslondos, a glamorous Hungarian mobster who is pulling the strings, complete with an exotic accent and remarkable set of costumes. A subplot centres on Zslondos and a corrupt policeman, DCI Frank Baskin.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Larry LambBrian Reader  Joely RichardsonErzebet Zslondos  Stephen MoyerMarcus Ford  Warren BrownTrotter  Clive RussellKenny Collins  Phil DanielsDanny Jones  David CalderTerry Perkins |
Matthew GoodeLarry Lamb plays the 76-year-old Brian Reader, taking the lead among the four “codgers” who carry out the operation, with the title of Guvnor, while the other three at the sharp end of the raid are Danny Jones, Terry Perkins, and Kenny Collins. Apart from more routine thievery going back at least to his first conviction in 1975, Reader had previously laundered the proceeds of the Brink’s-Mat robbery of 1983. The burglars enter the underground premises over an Easter bank holiday weekend through a lift shaft, then drill through the thick walls of the vault with an industrial power drill, proceeding over the following two days to rifle through dozens of deposit boxes.
The burglar alarm goes off, but the police decide not to attend. The robbery remains undetected until staff return to work the following week, and newspapers are soon calling it the biggest theft in English history, as the total stolen has a reported value of up to £200 million — although the gang of seven (who have a combined age of 448) don’t believe it. Matthew Goode plays the organiser of the robbery, known only as XXX, while Joely Richardson is Erzebet Zslondos, a glamorous Hungarian mobster who is pulling the strings, complete with an exotic accent and remarkable set of costumes. A subplot centres on Zslondos and a corrupt policeman, DCI Frank Baskin.
