King of Thieves
King of Thieves is a 2018 British heist film directed by James Marsh. The film is based on the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary of 2015, and stars Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Charlie Cox, Jim Broadbent, Paul Whitehouse and Ray Winstone.
Plot
Brian Reader is a former thief who is now retired. At the funeral ceremony for his wife Lyn, Brian sees old friends from his days as a criminal. They briefly discuss their interest in pulling off one more heist, targeting the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit. Shortly after the funeral, Brian and the other thieves meet to plan the robbery in earnest. Nearly all of them are older men, in their 60s and 70s. The only younger man is Basil, an alarms expert who comes by a key to an exterior door of the building containing the Safe Deposit.
More details
| author | Joe Penhall |
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| contentLocation | London |
| director | James Marsh |
| editor | Jinx Godfrey Nick Moore |
| genre | comedy-drama crime |
| keywords | arrest brian reader build car park cctv change of heart end funeral ceremony hatton garden learn meet old friends older men plan retire stolen goods vault |
| musicBy | Benjamin Wallfisch |
| producer | Ali Jaafar Eric Fellner Michelle Wright Tim Bevan |
| productionCompany | Working Title Films |
| publisher | StudioCanal UK |
| theme | heist spy |