Seven Thieves

Seven Thieves is a 1960 20th Century Fox film noir crime drama motion picture. Directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Sydney Boehm, it was adapted for the screen by Sydney Boehm, based on the novel Seven Thieves by Max Catto. Technical advisor was Candy Barr, who, as choreographer, taught dance routines to Collins. Seven Thieves received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design Black-and-White (Bill Thomas). A discredited expatriat... more

Seven Thieves is a 1960 20th Century Fox film noir crime drama motion picture. Directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Sydney Boehm, it was adapted for the screen by Sydney Boehm, based on the novel Seven Thieves by Max Catto. Technical advisor was Candy Barr, who, as choreographer, taught dance routines to Collins. Seven Thieves received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design Black-and-White (Bill Thomas). A discredited expatriate American professor, Theo Wilkins, calls on a young protégé and sophisticated thief, Paul Mason, to come over from the US and help him pull off one final heist. He has masterminded a caper to steal $4,000,000 in French francs from the underground vault of the casino of Monte Carlo, Monaco. Wilkins has recruited the perfect team of thieves to help in the heist, but he needs someone he can trust, Mason, to keep them all in line during the execution of the heist. They devise an intricate plan, but the petty jealousies of the team may destroy... less