Masterminds is a 2016 american comedy film based on the october 1997 loomis fargo robbery in north carolina. They slipped under the door after a truck left and approached a security guard working inside the terminal. The list contains the best, new and most relevant armored truck movies ordered by relevance. Authorities arrested the man who allegedly committed an armed robbery involving an armored truck in indian trial last thursday. I was dumb, ghantt said wednesday, the eve before the movie hits. Heist details 1997 loomis fargo robbery in charlotte. You see, theres a reason loomis fargo used armored cars to move large. The thieves left no clues at the scene, but the use of a fake bomb during an armored car robbery was similar to another robbery that happened in baltimore, maryland, in 1986. Zach galifianakis trailer now out for upcoming loomis fargo heist movie charlotte observer. The movie centers on the 1997 loomis fargo warehouse robbery that occurred in charlotte, north carolina where a night guard at an armored car company organizes one of the biggest bank heists in history untitled armored car features zach galifianakis, owen wilson, and kristen wiig.
The asheville citizentimes reported that some driving scenes are expected to be. The real story behind the second largest bank heist in. On november 29, 2004, truck guard robert keith palomares was cut down in front of a movie theater in phoenix, shot six times. Retro charlottefbi security footage of david ghantt in the midst of the loomis fargo heist. David scott ghantt was a vault supervisor and armored car driver who had. Bank, with a loomis fargo burgundy truck parked outside of the entrance. Armored car robbery 1950 directed by richard fleischer. Armored car shootout outside a waterloo bank wednesday. They involve loomis armored car driver david scott ghantt zach galifianakis.
Washington two armored truck security guards depositing money at an atm in beltsville, maryland, were robbed at gunpoint on friday and detectives have now released the surveillance video. They bought new cars and trucks, a new house and furniture. Heist movies are notmeant to be feelgood flicks, and this one tried to be just that. Charlotte alerts armored truck robbery, thief snatches. They are bullet proof and they can withstand high degrees of heat. Cmpd investigating robbery of armored truck in west charlotte police believe it is the same person involved in both incidents, according to eyewitness news reporter mark becker. A man was killed on march 18, 2020 in front of paramedics. It happened in 1950 at the brinks armored car depot in bostons north end. Day in and day out he drives an armored vehicle, transporting millions of. Armored truck employee robbed at gunpoint while servicing atm. Aug 10, 2011 10 most clever bank robberies in movies. This robbery was the secondlargest cash robbery on u. Then charlotte observer reporter jeff diamant wrote extensively about the story as it unfolded and later. The federal bureau of investigation on thursday released surveillance video of the robbery.
In june 2019 two suspects entered the wells fargo bank at 11230 elm lane charlotte, nc. Nov 01, 2019 fbi hopes video will identify 3 who robbed armored truck in denver. Armored car robbery is a heist movie, a subgenre of crimebased films. A movie based on a reallife charlotte robbery will be filming in downtown asheville next week. Then check out another bank robber who inspired a movie, john wojtowicz. Based on the 1997 loomis fargo bank robbery in charlotte, north carolina. In 1997, loomis fargo employee david ghantt robbed the armored car. A guard at an armored car company in the southern u. Orchestrated by steve wilson as the titular perp, the plan is to con ghantt into stealing money from the armored truck company he works for and have him eliminated in mexico after the job. The dunbar armored robbery is the largest cash robbery to have occurred in the united states. David ghantt may have walked out of the loomis fargo heist with the. But even though he worked for a company that regularly moved millions of dollars, david ghantt himself was underpaid. Mar 31, 2015 zach galifianakis trailer now out for upcoming loomis fargo heist movie charlotte observer. Man arrested for robbing armored truck in union county.
On march 18, 2020, a black male suspect entered the first citizens bank, located at 128 south tryon street charlotte, nc and approached the front counter. Simpson, and starring matt dillon, jean reno, laurence fishburne, amaury nolasco, milo ventimiglia, skeet ulrich, and columbus short. Deadly armoured truck robbery prompts calls for new safety. Loomis fargo armored car driver david scott ghantt galifianakis hijacked his trucks money in october 1997. Ring was sentenced to death for the 1994 slaying of an armored car driver during a glendale heist. Armored car robbery 1950 movie clip when you kill a cop. Cmpd investigating robbery of armored truck in west charlotte. A wild romp ensues as the band of misfit thieves adapt to their newfound life in the lap of luxury. Armored truck robberies1 dead1 shot2 employees charged. Untitled armored car movie casting call for hispanic. A man turned up at a south charlotte movie theater after being shot while being held up early sunday, charlotte. Video shows a suspect taking a huge bag of money from a loomis armored truck guard in marietta, ga during a robbery. Jun 01, 2015 4 best films which feature armored cars. Man shot during robbery runs to movie theater, police say.
France gold heist from armored truck results in manhunt for. You know loomis because of their armored cash vehicles, and when they. Gribetz said that only four gunmen were observed during the robbery and that drivers were in the two getaway cars waiting on. Crews prepare a loomis fargo armored truck for filming wednesday on pack square in downtown asheville. The movie loomis fargo is billed as a comedy heist caper that follows the true story of a 1997 bank vault robbery in charlotte by an armored car driver. Police bowie, md police are looking for two suspects who are believed to have fled the area. It is being reposted ahead of the opening of the bank robbery comedy 30 minutes or less. Thieves nab pile of gold in brazen highway robbery. It tells the story of a wellplanned robbery of cash from an armored car when it. Galifianakis movie plans to film in asheville in august. Armored car robbery 1950 this is an american film starring charles mcgraw and. Jul 23, 2014 a movie based on a reallife charlotte robbery will be filming in downtown asheville next week. Charlotte, nc wbtv police say a loomis armored truck employee was robbed at gunpoint in the university city area of charlotte thursday morning. Day in and day out he drives an armored vehicle, transporting millions of other.
The film stars matt dillon, columbus short, jean reno, and laurence fishburne the following weapons were used in the film armored. The italian job remake updated the tactical heist movie for the car. Armored car robbery is a 1950 american film noir directed by richard fleischer and starring charles mcgraw, adele jergens, and william talman armored car robbery is a heist movie, a subgenre of crimebased films. A charlotte man was one of three men charged in connection with an armed robbery of an armored vehicle in maryland jan. The real story behind the second largest bank heist in history, which. The brinks truck robbery of 1981, has been an ongoing saga for. The heist led to a book, tv specials, a major movie. Untitled armored car casting call for standins in asheville, north carolina. Jul 05, 2014 robbery suspect david scott ghantt is led from a us airways plane at charlotte douglass airport monday, march 2, 1998, in charlotte, n. Patricks day, 1982, two men entered the purolator armored inc. Dubbed the loomis fargo bank robbery by the fbi, the real incident turned out to be one of the largest cash hauls in the united states. It tells the story of a wellplanned robbery of cash from an armored car when it stops at a sports stadium. History, the 1997 loomis fargo robbery in north carolina, was imperfect and definitely not what you expect to see in the movies. Cops cordell charles mcgraw and ryan don mcguire are just settling in to watch the stripper and gang moll they plan to interview, when mapes steve brodie, from the heist gang shows up, bare knuckle interrogation following, in richard fleischers armored car robbery, 1950.
Expanded twohour special about the 1997 loomisfargo armored car heist in north carolina and the seriocomic fate of its bumbling underdog perpetrators who fell victim to avarice, mutual. Phillips james flavin before he and his cronies make. Fridays deadly armoured truck robbery in edmonton is further proof. There is suspicion at this time that this could be an inside job due to the circumstances of the robbery, the warrant reads. They are multifunctional vehicles which are designed to protect and ensure the wellbeing of the contents or people inside them.
It is a thrillerdrama film starring rebecca hall, ben affleck, and jon hamm. Loomis fargo armored car driver david scott ghantt galifianakis hijacked his trucks money in. The real story behind the second largest bank heist in history, which happened here and served as inspiration for zach galifianakis new movie. His job was to physically pick up money from businesses along his route. May 24, 2018 at the time, it was the largest cash robbery ever committed. Now, charlottes most famous crime is about to become the movie. Sometimes, though, you can stumble across the odd little gem doing things like that and armored car robbery is such a little gem. The movie was filmed primarily in asheville and its surrounding areas last summer. Secret filming site in waynesville to star in a major. A quick tutorial about the 1997 loomis fargo heist. A mover with advanced bonded warehouse charlotte instructed not to give name smiles after looking at the six foot tall wooden indian that was brought out of the game room downstairs at steven and michelle chambers cramer mounatian home. The list contains the best, new and most relevant armored car robbery movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting and suspense films and tv shows about with armored car, crimes, crime, heist, dishonesty, chase, chases and races, rivalry, vengeance and revenge plots mostly in thriller, crime and action genres shot in usa.
With columbus short, matt dillon, laurence fishburne, jean reno. The custodian of the armored truck was delivering currency to the bank when two suspects, armed with assault weapons, approached him and demanded the cash. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, rough and suspense films and tv shows about with armored truck, murder, heist, crimes, betrayal, violence, chase, death, security guard and gunfight plots mostly in crime, drama and thriller genres shot in usa. A comedy film based on the events, masterminds, was filmed in 2014 and released on september 29, 2016. The gang of 11 that stole the money after two years. Charlotte man charged in robbery of loomis armored. Without giving the whole story away, it revolved around an armored car guard who was financially down and out, and whose house was going into foreclosure. By all accounts its a bpicture film noir quickie that is probably nothing more than a footnote in the career of director richard fleischer, but it perhaps deserves a better billing than that.
Jun 20, 2019 in classic bank robbery style, two men robbed a wells fargo bank with guns in both hands snatching up racks of cash. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution. If this sounds at all familiar to you, youve probably seen the movie goodfellas, which uses this robbery as one of its main plot points. Untitled armored car loomis fargo movie extras casting call for rough and tough looking guys in asheville, north carolina the movie centers on the 1997 loomis fargo warehouse robbery that occurred in charlotte, north carolina where a night guard at. Waterloo, iowa ap police say a man who was among a group of people trying to rob an armored vehicle outside of an iowa bank was wounded in a shootout with the armored truck guards. Movie based on charlotte robbery being filmed in nc. Most popular armored truck robbery movies and tv shows imdb. Dec 12, 2016 french police say manhunt underway for 4 who robbed armored truck on highway, torched vehicles and then got away. This film talks about a group of bank robbers who are from boston, massachusetts and charlestown.
The great brinks robbery was the biggest armed robbery in u. Its based on the true story of david ghantt galifianikas, a vault supervisor at the charlotte loomis fargo depository in uptown charlotte that was involved in the second largest cash robbery. An fbi criminal investigation which became international in scope ultimately resulted in the arrest. Scott pattison with the edmonton police describes the armored car robbery and shooting in mill woods early friday morning. Retro charlottefbi security footage of david ghantt in the midst of the. Armored car robbery is a 1950 american film noir directed by richard fleischer and starring charles mcgraw, adele jergens, and william talman. Armored truck guards robbed at gunpoint at prince georges co. The robbery of the armored truck recalled a similar inci dent last november, when gun men held up a wells fargo ar mored car and escaped with 1. Vacancy director nimrod antal helms the crime thriller armored, starring columbus short as ty, an armored truck guard who gets wrapped up in a heist scheme hatched by his godfather and mentor on.
Fbi hopes video will identify 3 who robbed armored truck in. The true story of david ghantt and the loomis fargo heist. Supreme court, in a landmark decision, later changed the way the death penalty is imposed in the united states and threw out rings sentence. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, suspense and rough films and tv shows about with armored car robbery, heist, crime, crimes, chase, violence, murder, police, robbery and betrayal plots mostly in crime, thriller and drama genres shot in usa. Sep 29, 2016 its based on the true story of david ghantt galifianikas, a vault supervisor at the charlotte loomis fargo depository in uptown charlotte that was involved in the second largest cash robbery. The list contains the best, new and most relevant armored car movies ordered by relevance. The untitled armored car production plans to continue filming in downtown asheville this august. Man shot during robbery runs to movie theater, police say charlotte, n. The robbery of a brinks armored car in the parking lot of the mall in nanuet, ny in 1981 was a violent clash between leftwing organizations and the police that ended in tragedy. The shooting happened wednesday morning outside a waterloo u. Every couple of minutes during the second half of the movie, i found myself saying, no way.
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