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The Seven Best Heist Films You’ve Never Seen by Wallace Stroby. You may know the classics of the heist genre—John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle, Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing, Jules Dassin’s Rififi, etc.(for an overview of the essentials, check out Jake Hinkson’s entries in “The Art of the Steal”). But there are plenty of other excellent examples you may have missed. Here are seven variations on the theme that are also gems of the form, most available on DVD: 1.) Armored Car Robbery (1950) A taut, violent action-melodrama that clocks in at a cracking 67Read More