Its been a long time since I saw the movie possibly 8+ years. I kind of remember the main character being called Whitey but I could be mistaken. I also remember him as having long white hair. I would describe the movies genera as a gangster movie. I can't remember if he is hiding out to avoid the law or other criminals who are looking for him.
I clearly remember a scene where he first goes out in public after being in hiding for a while and a car starts following him and he starts walking faster and faster while constantly looking over his shoulder at the car in a panicked manner.
*Edit: Maybe I should just say I'm pretty sure its set in Europe. It may not actually be set in England
If a criminal was looking to rob an armored truck and new it would go down a certain road between say 1 and 2 pm they would see the truck and know what to attack, though, if a random car with a guard dressed in normal clothes (still carried a gun) drove down the street with the money locked in the boot of the car they would have no idea which car to strike.
Ok, so I’ve got basically the entire movie playing in my mind, but not the title nor the names of the actors/actresses. A quick summary is a father, freshly paroled, is taking his family on a vacation to a cabin his family took their summer vacations in his youth. He got involved in a real estate scam with a client whom ended up being a drug dealer, and a raid for one crime led to the revelation of the other. On the other spectrum, and armored truck is knock over, the guards murdered. The foursome gang, three men and a woman, hide the cash in a sleeping bag belonging to the family above whilst both stop to refuel, so they may safely pass the police checkpoint looking for them. The thieves attempts to recover the cash lead to a battle of wills against the family.
The quote sticking in my mind is the father asking the officer filing his arrest report about the secret to a successful 30 year marriage. The sage cop replies, “Well, when you say you’re going to fix the screen door, fix the screen door.”
On 2/28 one of my employees drove by the Sierra Central Credit Union next to Denny’s on Sunrise and saw emergency vehicles (police, fire, ambulance) parked around the building. There was also an armored car with its back doors open, a man lying unresponsive on the sidewalk, and another person being loaded into an ambulance. We’ve heard nothing about it since. Does anyone have any details on what happened?
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On January 23, 1982 a Brinks armored car making a pickup from the Robinson's department store in Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg, Florida was robbed. Forty-four year old Brinks employee Joseph Warner, the father of five children, was shot and killed by the robbers.
The MO behind this crime has been described as something out of a TV movie. The robbery was elaborately planned and yet failed miserably.
Around 3pm, Warner was approached by two handsome men wearing Miami Elevator uniforms who had been loitering around the Robinson's store. He was shot and killed and a Brink's satchel was taken by his attackers, who fled in a white van.
Investigation revealed that the van had been stolen two days prior in Orlando. It's license plate had been stolen in Jacksonville, Florida. The van was used to flee to a boat ramp where the killers took to the water in a boat that had been rented earlier in nearby Indian Rocks Beach. The boat had been rented using the stolen or possibly forged ID of a Canadian police officer.
The criminals had clearly put a great deal of effort into planning this crime and their getaway and yet they made a collasal mistake in the most basic element of their plot. The satchel that they had just killed a man for did not contain cash; it contained checks that were worthless to the robbers. All was for naught. They tossed the satchel overboard and it was found washed ashore nearby a few days later.
Investigators believe that this crime is likely linked to organized crime. They have looked at 70s era holdover groups like the Symbionese Liberation Army (known for the Patty Hearst kidnapping) and The Black Panthers, who had committed some similar heists around the time of this crime. The current LE thinking seems to be that this crime may be connected to organized crime out of the Boston area.
The crime was featured on America's Most Wanted several years later and a $100,000 reward was offered by Brinks.
Unfortunately nothing came from this exposure and incentive.
A DNA review of the case appears to have turned up evidence of two possible female accomplices. Brinks is now offering a lower but still substantial reward of $10,000.
Sources
- St. Petersburg Times
- Patch.com
- [Fox 13 News: highly recommended short video segment](http://www.fox1
