And the Murray Goes to...

Okay, we've compiled the votes and counted the results and can finally announce the list of the best caper movies from our summer movie festival (according to TOTN listeners, and in no particular order).

The Sting
The Pink Panther
Topkapi (Neal's top pick)
Rififi
The Great Muppet Caper
The Killers
The Thomas Crown Affair
To Catch a Thief
Ocean's 11
The Lady Killers
The Italian Job
Who's Minding the Mint
$ (aka Dollars)
Odds Against Tomorrow

And the Murray goes to:
Big Deal on Madonna Street

(Next up on Thursday... best robot movies)

 

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Sent by bob | 2:54 PM ET | 07-17-2007

What happened to "The Usual Suspects"?

Sent by Richard Golden | 2:58 PM ET | 07-17-2007

I didn't hear anyone mention Welcome to Collinwood, a very funny caper film and one that coined two fabulous terms--
bellini and malinsky. Watch it and see.

Sent by Anne Reid | 3:00 PM ET | 07-17-2007

What a cool list but also it is kind of scary how many of these have been re-made. Pink Panther, Oceans, Lady Killers, Italian Job, etc. Yowza. We need more origian caper movies.

Sent by fil | 3:01 PM ET | 07-17-2007

I'm surprized by Ocean's 11 being the original rather than the newer remake because it seems that the remake is th vastly better film.

Sent by Andre | 3:09 PM ET | 07-17-2007

Andre,
It's funny, while most people specified which version of Pink Panther, or Thomas Crown, they didn't tend to specify which version of Ocean's 11 they were voting for. I'm going to split the link between "Ocean's" and "11." That should cover everybody's preference.

Sent by Scott Cameron, TOTN | 3:18 PM ET | 07-17-2007

Heard the robot item on the show today and wanted to send in my favorite, but can't do it with just one. I have three - Forbidden Planet, Short Circuit, and Flight of the Navigator. I do hope that this gets to the right department.

Sent by Constance S. Boyd | 4:27 PM ET | 07-17-2007

I-Robot has some great CGI robots. I loved the story when I first read it many years ago. Star Wars was an easy choice. nothing beats the C3PO R2D2 pairing. the Terminators, of course, are cyborgs. half robot, half human. Westworld (where nothing ever goes wrong). and Cherry 2000, if you can imagine Melanie Griffith in an action hero role.

Sent by tim | 6:37 PM ET | 07-17-2007

Some of my favorites..........House of Games, Nine Queens, Heist and The Score.

Sent by Thom | 10:07 PM ET | 07-17-2007

Two of my favorites:

Reservoir Dogs - because of the hyperbolic, almost supernatural bloody violence

Sneakers - old guys doin' it one more time and sticking it to the man
(especially love the big gift to the United Negro College Fund at the
end.

Sent by Edd | 10:43 AM ET | 07-18-2007

Regarding Robot movies. There is only one worth mentioning:
BLADERUNNER

Sent by Fred Gardner | 2:44 PM ET | 07-18-2007

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