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21) The thief
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The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly sometimes he doesn't even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him, nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections. But he does have a past, which finally catches up with him when Ishikawa, his first partner, reappears in his life, and offers...
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"August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now in the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar...
23) Les vampires
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
2 DVD (399 min.) : sd., tinted & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Led by the seductive and deadly Irma Vep, a cunning band of arch-thieves known as the Grand Vampires pilfers Paris in this thrilling, utterly stylish ten-part serial.
24) Ladrones
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Crime has never been this much fun! After a ruthless businesswoman steals land deeds from a community of Mexican families, two former thieves come out of retirement to steal them back. With a ragtag team that includes a spiritualist, a clumsy ranch hand, a struggling actor, and an amateur meteorologist, the modern-day Robin Hoods attempt a caper for the ages.
25) The code
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Two thieves try to pull off a dangerous heist with FBI, NYPD, and KGB operatives on their trail, and try to escape with their loot and their lives.
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Michael St. Pierre thrillers volume 4
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
406 p.
Description
Reformed thief Michael St. Pierre and his ex-girlfriend, KC Ryan, are coerced by a military official to steal centuries-old artifacts from China to solve an ancient puzzle, a dual mission that places their lives in each other's hands.
27) The orange thief
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Living on the outskirts of society, an orange thief and some other country-wise ruffians steal fruit for sustenance and the sheer excitement of courting danger. After the thief ends up in jail, his life takes a turn when his bunkmate promises him a deal.
28) Blood pact
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Kirk McGarvey adventures volume 17
Publisher
Forge Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 25 cm
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"A large portion of the fabulous treasure originally stolen by conquistadors of the eighteenth century was buried in the desert of southern New Mexico by Spanish monks. Jacob Ambli, a Catholic priest, was sent as a spy on a Spanish military mission to find seven caches left for the Church. He kept a diary showing the locations, but was murdered trying to get back to Rome, and the journal was lost. Now, a century and a half later, the diary has come...
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Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 13
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
157 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
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"The Thea Sisters are boarding the famouse Orient Express for a journey from Paris to Istanbul! The train is on a special trip to return a precious wedding dress stolen years ago from an Istanbul museum. But there's a rumor that the mysterious Acrobat Thief will steal the gown from the moving train! The Thea Sisters are determined to foil this sneaky mouse's plans" -- p. [4] of cover.
Publisher
Delta Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 220 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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[Number seventeen] A comedy-thriller about an unsuspecting, innocent hobo who accidentally stumbles across the hideout of a gang of jewel thieves.
[The Ring] A silent film with musical soundtrack. A carnival fighter trys to make it as a professional to please his girlfriend.
32) Reservoir dogs
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
They were strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect jewel heist. Then their simple robbery turns into a bloody ambush and they realize one of them is a police informant. But which one?
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Riley Wolfe novels volume 3
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
Super thief Riley Wolfe can do it all. He is a master of disguise, can scale a wall, and can vanish into thin air (thick air, too). He uses these unique talents to rob the richest. But this time, it’s the most powerful who have him in their grips. It’s not just that the high-up, rogue government agent has abducted the only two people Riley loves: it’s the fact that Riley has to do the man’s dirty work to set them free. It’s something Riley...
34) Book of night
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"Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from...
35) Camino Island
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Series
Camino Island novels volume 1
Description
Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts. Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious...
36) Bandit
Pub. Date
2022
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A criminal who has recently escaped from prison assumes a new identity in Canada and robs fifty-nine banks and jewelry stores while in pursuit by a police task force.
37) The ladykillers
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Marva Munson is a spry, elderly woman who is looking for a tenant for the spare room in her house. Goldthwait H. Dorr moves in and gains Munson's permission to use the basement for rehearsals with his "medieval music ensemble." Dorr is masterminding the robbery of a riverboat casino, and the fellow musicians in his ensemble are actually the crew he's assembled to pull off the job. Despite their best efforts, Munson finds out about their scheme and...
38) Rififi
Series
Criterion collection volume 115
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Just out of prison, a master thief is persuaded to orchestrate the nearly impossible robbery of an upscale jewelry store.
40) Bitcoin heist
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A special agent assembles a team of thieves in order to catch the most wanted hacker.
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