caper film

Vincent Canby, writing at the time of the film's release, felt that the caper film had been made before and much better as well.

Caper film about a precious stone and the cat burglar hired to protect it.

Talking about joining the movie, Ratner said: "I love caper films.

Eventually, they settled on an ending that parodied the 1973 caper film The Sting.

Morley also personified the conservative Englishman in many comedy and caper films.

But this movie, a chaotic caper film at heart, wrecks its comic tone with some moments of gruesome violence.

Going in Style is a 1979 caper film written and directed by Martin Brest.

This glossy caper film summons the days when being a thief was the profession of choice among debonair movie heroes.

A 2013 American caper film directed by Louis Leterrier.

Heist films that are lighter in tone are called "Caper films".

Curtis picks up credit for being able to derive amusement from a caper film after the onslaught of the genre in recent years."

The Asphalt Jungle instigated the crime thriller subgenre of caper films.

The likable "Rififi" is more influential as a granddaddy of the caper film than it is artistically substantial.

Part comedy, part caper film, this picaresque tale gently satirizes the sillier side of the swinging 60's.

Although it is the sort of operation that has been detailed in innumerable caper films, it is directed here with a taut efficiency.

This ultimate caper film has a brazen ebullience, something unusual for Mr. Jordan (Mitchell).

Card sharps are common characters in caper films, since the questionable legality of their hobby also plays well with that of their occupation.

Also considered a classic is Badger's Paths to Paradise, a caper film that is in all circulating prints missing its final reel.

It starts out as a stylish, convoluted caper film in which a gang is assembled for a big score that doesn't go quite as smoothly as planned.

Even with its tepid lead performance, "Criminal," which opens today in New York and Los Angeles, is a clever and diverting caper film.

When Mr. O'Toole is doing his campy caricature of British hauteur, it seems to be a spoof of a caper film.

In its second half, "Read My Lips," which opens today in Manhattan, mutates almost casually from a workplace comedy into a violent, clammy caper film.

It was written in 1969 for the British caper film The Italian Job, where it is played prominently in the opening credits, uninterrupted by background sound.

This British film is a throwback to the crime caper films that were popular in the 1960s and pays homage to several of these, including The Italian Job.

One of Jarvis' best known cinema roles was his portrayal of Roger in the 1969 British crime caper film, The Italian Job.