Best Robbery movies of 1972

Actors : Riccardo Cucciolla, Richard Crenna, Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Melville,

Bank robbery in small town ends with one of the robbers being wounded. The loot from the robbery is just an asset for the even more spectacular heist. Simon, gang leader and Paris night ...

Actors : Ali MacGraw, Sally Struthers, Steve McQueen, Ben Johnson,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Actors : Frank Adu, Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa,
Directors : Barry Shear,

Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.

Actors : Luke Askew, R.G. Armstrong, Cliff Robertson, Robert Duvall,
Directors : Philip Kaufman,

The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces for a bungled robbery of the bank in Northfield, MN.

Actors : Lee Van Cleef, Mariette Hartley, Michael Callan, Stefanie Powers,
Directors : George McCowan,

Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the ...

Actors : Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Johnny Hallyday, Charles Denner,
Directors : Claude Lelouch,

When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions. Among their hostages are singer Johnny Hallyday and an ambassador in ...

Actors : Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Walther, Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald,
Directors : Erik Balling,

After his usual stay behind bars, Egon has another cunning plan involving millions. They rob over 4 million from a money transport. The gang keeps a low profile and hide the money. But it's...

Actors : Julie Parrish, Simmy Bow, Hal Reed, Byron Mabe,
Directors : Byron Chudnow,

After a failed bank robbery, an ex-con, an ex-waitress and a few of their friends train a pack of doberman dogs to rob a bank for them.

Actors : Florinda Bolkan, Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Wolfgang Preiss,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

A just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.

Actors : Telly Savalas, Susan George, Rosanna Yanni, Tomas Milian,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

A determined sheriff pursues a robber and his girlfriend, and lets nothing stop in his way of catching them.

Actors : Marcel Sabourin, René Caron, Sophie Carrière, Suzanne Valéry,
Directors : Denys Arcand,

A robbery at the secluded country home of a wealthy old man goes horribly awry.

Actors : Trilok Kapoor, Tanuja, Dharmendra, K.N. Singh,
Directors : B. Padmanabham,

Bombay Police are baffled at a series of robberies being committed in homes of prominent people, with the thief leaving a "swastika", and stealing only one set of jewelery, instead of ...

Actors : Elisabeth Wiener, Jane Birkin, Bernadette Lafont, Emma Cohen,
Directors : Richard Balducci,

Jane Birkin, Bernadette Lafont, Elisabeth Wiener and Emma Cohen are 4 pretty girls rooming together. After witnessing and accidentally helping several thugs get away with a heist, the women...

Actors : Frank Braña, Nieves Navarro, Robert Woods, Carlo Gaddi,
Directors : Mario Bianchi,

Ginsburg, undercover as Jonathan Pinkerton, an employee of Lloyds of London, is investigating a bank robbery where one of the three thieves has killed the other two to take possession of all the money.

Actors : Inácio Araújo, Carlos Alberto, Roseli Conceição, J. Márcio F. Consoni,
Directors : Oswaldo de Oliveira,

Attempt to emulate the Italian-style western. Cowboy who is running away after a hold-up is attacked by robbers and gets hurt. He is helped by a widow and her mute son, to whom he trusts ...

Actors : José Galán, Dalva Gatti, Eurípedes da Silva, Astrogildo Filho,
Directors : Nelson Teixeira Mendes,

A gang who travels from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, after a major robbery, decides to stay overnight in the city of Aparecida do Norte so that one of the badly injured bandits can see his mother - devout of Nossa Senhora.

Actors : Redd Harper, George Wienbarg III, Blair Zykan,
Directors : Ken Anderson,

A greenhorn ranch hand is a suspect in a bank heist near Devil's Tower, Wyoming.

Actors : Rosanna Ortiz, Nick Romano, Andy Poe, Tony Ferrer,
Directors : Armando De Guzman,

Three friends realize they're tired of their jobs and decide to rob a bank. Despite how easy the actual robbery is, the trio is forced to run when the cops are hot on their trail.