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King of Thieves

A true crime movie about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah, quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed.

Director

James Marsh

Year

Genre

biography, crime, drama

Box Office

$7,518

Production

Working Title Films,StudioCanal,Creative Europe Media

Awards

5 nominations

Homepage

https://www.kingofthieves.co.uk/

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Brian Reader

Lyn Reader

Francesca Annis

Marylebone Waitress

Olivia Le Andersen

Terry Perkins

Kenny Collins

The King's Arms Waitress

Danny Jones

Building Society Branch Manager

Basil

Woman at Wake

Carl Wood

Paul Whitehouse

Kelvin

Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln

Detective Inspector Johnson

Detective Sergeant Day

News Reporter

Chic Woman

Josephine Butler

Detective Constable Amy

Field Officer Ross

Perkins' Granddaughter

Frankie 'The Fence'

Surveillence Officer

Restaurant Surveillence Officer

Female Lip Reader

Martha Howe-Douglas

Terri Robinson

Airport Passenger

Seaside Passerby

SWAT Team

Trinity L Beals

Flying Squad Detective

Matt Beauman-Jones

Restaurant Diner

Barbershop Punter

Jazz Club Diner

Detective #1

Nathanjohn Carter

Detective #2

Female Funeral Mourner

Boom Operator

Lady in Café

Passerby

Male Funeral Mourner #1

Armed Police Officer #1

Jeweler

Jail Guard #1

Forensic Investigator

Diner

Armed Police Officer #2

Tobias James-Samuels

Teenager

Trendy Passerby

Lampros Kalfuntzos

SO17 Officer

Security Operative

Jazz Club Diner

Undercover Officer

Male Funeral Mourner #2

Plain Clothes Police Officer

B&B Guest

Shopper

Worker at Scrap Yard

Marian Lorencik

Joanne Reader

Bank Customer

Preeti Malhotra

TFG Officer

Woman at Train Station

Jeanette Maskell

Pub Customer

Additional Detective

Brandon Q W McConnell

Jazz Club Member #1

Harry Dave McLaren

Jazz Club Member #2

Informer

Stefano Pasianot

Hatton Garden Passerby

Jeweler

Holiday Maker

Anthony Richard Rowe

Police Officer

Bernardo Santos

Guest at the Wake

Avinashi Sharma

Young Mother

Hasidic Jew

Jazz Club Member #3

Model

Sephora Venites

Ballerina

Keely Cat Wells

Police Dog

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Basil Brian Reader Danny Jones

Sparkling diamonds,
their value running into millions, - King of Thieves

Sparkling diamonds, their value running into millions,

I blame the Old Testament. - King of Thieves

I blame the Old Testament.

Let me tell you something: over the years, - King of Thieves

Let me tell you something: over the years,

I just want to keep fresh
for the hospital tomorrow. - King of Thieves

I just want to keep fresh for the hospital tomorrow.

Yeah. Now, - King of Thieves

Now, here we've got a load of
what's known as cakes. - King of Thieves

Now, here we've got a load of what's known as cake...

This also includes Roman Candles. - King of Thieves

This also includes Roman Candles.

- Why complicate it?
- It don't work like that no more, Terry. - King of Thieves

- Why complicate it? - It don't work like that no more,...

Nowadays everybody wants a guarantee. - King of Thieves

Nowadays everybody wants a guarantee.

How the fuck you supposed to fiddle
somebody over the fucking internet? - King of Thieves

How the fuck you supposed to fiddle somebody over the fuckin...

We take the matter of outstanding debt
very seriously here. - King of Thieves

We take the matter of outstanding debt very seriously here.

I'm afraid if you can't guarantee you
don't have outstanding loans elsewhere - King of Thieves

I'm afraid if you can't guarantee you don't h...

What? That you'll pay it back
or you don't have outstanding loans? - King of Thieves

What? That you'll pay it back or you don't have ou...

You've already applied for an account and
we've turned you down. I remember you. - King of Thieves

You've already applied for an account and we've tu...

The first job I got arrested for
was a tin of peaches. - King of Thieves

The first job I got arrested for was a tin of peaches.

You feel so guilty
when the family finds out. - King of Thieves

You feel so guilty when the family finds out.

I mean, you grow up, you have kids,
so you feel guilty all over again. - King of Thieves

I mean, you grow up, you have kids, so you feel guilty all o...

I heard a rumour they're closing down
the post office in Great Portland Street. - King of Thieves

I heard a rumour they're closing down the post office i...

The Agricultural Bank of China
in Pimlico. - King of Thieves

The Agricultural Bank of China in Pimlico.

If the Agricultural Bank of China
doesn't do it for you, nothing will. - King of Thieves

If the Agricultural Bank of China doesn't do it for you...

Too many stairs for me at my age.
I'm retired. - King of Thieves

Too many stairs for me at my age. I'm retired.

Yeah, there's something terribly
reassuring about a nice vault. - King of Thieves

Yeah, there's something terribly reassuring about a nic...

Danny Jones is still sniffing around
for work. He's only 60. - King of Thieves

Danny Jones is still sniffing around for work. He's onl...

Yeah, I only met her twice
but she left a lasting impression. - King of Thieves

Yeah, I only met her twice but she left a lasting impression...

Security Express, Shoreditch, - King of Thieves

Security Express, Shoreditch,

Kicked 'em in the biscuits, pointed a gun, - King of Thieves

Kicked 'em in the biscuits, pointed a gun,

Stop talking shop.
She'll turn in her grave. - King of Thieves

Stop talking shop. She'll turn in her grave.

When somebody dies, - King of Thieves

When somebody dies,

I, I, I can't believe that she's never
ever gonna walk through the door again. - King of Thieves

I, I, I can't believe that she's never ever gonna ...

- Oh, this and that.
- This? And that? - King of Thieves

- Oh, this and that. - This? And that?

I can hardly stand
the fucking excitement. - King of Thieves

I can hardly stand the fucking excitement.

I got into fibre optics,
telecommunications. - King of Thieves

I got into fibre optics, telecommunications.

I nearly went straight once after
the Bond Street job went tits up. - King of Thieves

I nearly went straight once after the Bond Street job went t...

Turns out I know someone
who knows someone who has a key. - King of Thieves

Turns out I know someone who knows someone who has a key.

Oh, get over it. You've been
wanting to tell me all evening. - King of Thieves

Oh, get over it. You've been wanting to tell me all eve...

Tell me about this friend of yours. - King of Thieves

Tell me about this friend of yours.

Look, see this? - King of Thieves

Look, see this?

It's colourless,
so it lets in the most light. - King of Thieves

It's colourless, so it lets in the most light.

You cut it too deep,
you lose the light out of the side. - King of Thieves

You cut it too deep, you lose the light out of the side.

FL, that's a flawless diamond. - King of Thieves

FL, that's a flawless diamond.

A flawless diamond,
cut well, in the right light, - King of Thieves

A flawless diamond, cut well, in the right light,

There's another in the vault with
a GPS feed to a monitoring system. - King of Thieves

There's another in the vault with a GPS feed to a monit...

You know this lift
won't go down to the basement. - King of Thieves

You know this lift won't go down to the basement.

Because the ride down
takes you to the airlock, - King of Thieves

Because the ride down takes you to the airlock,

Which is why the security company
stopped it from going down. - King of Thieves

Which is why the security company stopped it from going down...

If we can stop this lift
on the third floor, - King of Thieves

If we can stop this lift on the third floor,

We drill as big a hole as possible - King of Thieves

We drill as big a hole as possible

Two here in the lobby,
two in the vault, two outside the vault. - King of Thieves

Two here in the lobby, two in the vault, two outside the vau...

It's Easter. They got two days
before they raise the alarm. - King of Thieves

It's Easter. They got two days before they raise the al...

And we can get the fuck out in 48 hours
and fence the gems. - King of Thieves

And we can get the fuck out in 48 hours and fence the gems.

If you enjoy this fucking job,
you're not doing it properly. - King of Thieves

If you enjoy this fucking job, you're not doing it prop...

Those lemon trees
are not gonna survive the winter. - King of Thieves

Those lemon trees are not gonna survive the winter.

You gotta wrap your lemons
against the cold, Carl. - King of Thieves

You gotta wrap your lemons against the cold, Carl.

Yeah, I'm sensitive about it
cos I'm getting older. - King of Thieves

Yeah, I'm sensitive about it cos I'm getting older...

Yeah, well, nerves and bowels
go hand in hand, don't they? - King of Thieves

Yeah, well, nerves and bowels go hand in hand, don't th...

See, I don't, like, want,
like, a lavish lifestyle. - King of Thieves

See, I don't, like, want, like, a lavish lifestyle.

- I don't have a lavish lifestyle.
- What are you talking about? - King of Thieves

- I don't have a lavish lifestyle. - What are you talki...

- You got a bungalow.
- I deserve a fucking bungalow at my age. - King of Thieves

- You got a bungalow. - I deserve a fucking bungalow at my a...

All right, please yourself. - King of Thieves

All right, please yourself.

What are you driving? - King of Thieves

What are you driving?

"Mr Fucking Magoo." - King of Thieves

"Mr Fucking Magoo."

- Fucking state of that.
- It's a very nice motor, as it happens. - King of Thieves

- Fucking state of that. - It's a very nice motor, as i...

- I like the buzz.
- Oh, there's monitored alarms - King of Thieves

- I like the buzz. - Oh, there's monitored alarms

I mean, why's he wanna come in with us
if he's got his own set of keys? - King of Thieves

I mean, why's he wanna come in with us if he's got...

Yeah, well, I went after him
for the Bond Street job - King of Thieves

Yeah, well, I went after him for the Bond Street job

I'm not waiting around
for a load of Albanians - King of Thieves

I'm not waiting around for a load of Albanians

You ever tried making a patio
without Poles in this country? - King of Thieves

You ever tried making a patio without Poles in this country?

Anybody'd think the whole world
revolved around the fucking internet. - King of Thieves

Anybody'd think the whole world revolved around the fuc...

- What's going on?
- 86 opens up at nine. - King of Thieves

- What's going on? - 86 opens up at nine.

Right, that's where you'll disable...
That's the fuse box. - King of Thieves

Right, that's where you'll disable... That's ...

Once we've drilled the holes, - King of Thieves

Once we've drilled the holes,

Straight up. I go all floppy. - King of Thieves

Straight up. I go all floppy.

That's a proper "Uncle Fester - King of Thieves

That's a proper "Uncle Fester

- Don't touch. I don't like being touched.
- I'll do whatever I like - King of Thieves

- Don't touch. I don't like being touched. - I...

All right, remember,
once the alarm goes, - King of Thieves

All right, remember, once the alarm goes,

Kenny, there's an alarm. - King of Thieves

Kenny, there's an alarm.

Security. White Astra. - King of Thieves

Security. White Astra.

He's gone round the side. - King of Thieves

He's gone round the side.

Yeah, he's coming back. There he is. - King of Thieves

Yeah, he's coming back. There he is.

He's effed off. - King of Thieves

He's effed off.

Get out the fucking way, get out the way.
Get out the way. - King of Thieves

Get out the fucking way, get out the way. Get out the way.

It can't be slightly perpendicular
or vaguely perpendicular. - King of Thieves

It can't be slightly perpendicular or vaguely perpendic...

- Is that the limit of your expertise?
- You get through the bleedin' hole, then! - King of Thieves

- Is that the limit of your expertise? - You get through the...

That's destroyed. That's unfixable.
You have to get another one. - King of Thieves

That's destroyed. That's unfixable. You have to ge...

- I thought you could fix anything.
- Anything electrical. Anything but this. - King of Thieves

- I thought you could fix anything. - Anything electrical. A...

If you don't even fucking know what
you don't know, you know fuck all! - King of Thieves

If you don't even fucking know what you don't know...

I'll make you a nice little bed
in the corner, Terry, - King of Thieves

I'll make you a nice little bed in the corner, Terry,

"Oh, I'm so rotten, I'm a piss-poor
judge of character." - King of Thieves

"Oh, I'm so rotten, I'm a piss-poor judge of ...

If I had an axe to grind, Brian,
you'd be the first to know about it. - King of Thieves

If I had an axe to grind, Brian, you'd be the first to ...

We're supposed to be working. Stop puffing
your chests out and take it seriously. - King of Thieves

We're supposed to be working. Stop puffing your chests ...

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A true crime movie about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah, quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: James Marsh

Writer: Joe Penhall, Duncan Campbell, Mark Seal

Production: Working Title Films,StudioCanal,Creative Europe Media

Genre: biography, crime, drama

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 48/100

ImdbRating: 5.5

BoxOffice: $7,518

Released: 25 Jan 2019

Awards: 5 nominations

Homepage: https://www.kingofthieves.co.uk/

Also watch: The Idealist, Hello Carter, The Hatton Garden Job, Bad Day for the Cut, American Hangman, Kesari, Backtrace, The Man with the Iron Fists 2, Danger Close, The Bouncer, Alone in Berlin