A group of elite thieves stage a daring series of simultaneous heists, in hopes of reimbursing the casino owner they stole from a few years back.

Mickey Prohaska, a small-time insurance agent, schemes to get himself out of debt and out of frigid Wisconsin, but things do not work according to his plans and Mickey ends up in league with a mentally unstable locksmith.

In 1960s London, Laura Quinn, a bright, driven and beautiful executive at the London Diamond Corporation, finds herself frustrated by a glass ceiling after years of faithful employment, and is persuaded by Hobbs, a disgruntled janitor with detailed knowledge of the company's security, to help pull off a daring heist.

Inspector Jacques Clouseau, the world's most inept detective, is back on the job, tracking down the stolen Pink Panther diamond. Believing that the Phantom, a retired jewel thief, is responsible, Clouseau relies on his special brand of sleuthing to help him solve the case.

Bob the gambler and his friends learn that the Deauville Casino expects to pull in 800 million francs. On the night of the heist Bob plays the casino tables until the appointed time. Before the dawn breaks, some of the men and women will win, some will lose, and some will die.

Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor "Sully" Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost 500 years ago by the House of Moncada. What starts as a heist job for the duo becomes a globe-trotting, white-knuckle race to reach the prize before the ruthless Santiago Moncada, who believes he and his family are the rightful heirs. If Nate and Sully can decipher the clues and solve one of the worlds...

A notorious group of criminals continue to baffle police by pulling off one perfectly executed bank robbery after another. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no evidence behind, and laying low between heists. But when they attempt to pull off one last job with more money at stake than ever before, the crew may find their plans interrupted by a hardened detective who is hell-bent on solving the case.

The heist -- a carefully organized robbery of a financial institution or other lucrative business -- has been a persistent and popular mainstay of the crime film. The Best Laid Plans: Interrogating the Heist Film asks the question: why has the heist film proved so appealing to audiences over many years and in diverse cultural contexts? The twelve essays in this volume, edited by Jim Leach and Jeannette Sloniowski, explore the significance of the heist...

A crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet: becoming model citizens. Never have there been five friends as infamous as these guys: dashing pickpocket Mr. Wolf, seen-it-all safecracker Mr. Snake, chill master of disguise Mr. Shark, short-fused 'muscle' Mr. Piranha, and sharp-tongued expert hacker Ms. Tarantula, aka 'Webs.' But when, after years of countless heists and being the world's most-wanted...