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- A bank in Montréal is held up by Grimm (dressed as clown) and Co. Escaping a bank surrounded by cops is the easy part.
- A team of disappointed restaurant employees plans and takes revenge on their violent boss.
- A promotional video for Beyonce's 2016 single "Hold Up."
- Lola's a single mom, broke, working as a janitor and maid. Silvia is pregnant, and her lover (her boss) won't leave his wife. Maite, newly a widow, discovers she's penniless but wants to maintain appearances and give her daughter a fancy wedding, and Pecholata, a punk kid living in a youth center, will soon be turned out on the streets. Lola, who cleans a bank every morning, decides to rob it, convincing the others to join her: they'll use replica guns, dress as men, take Silvia hostage, and all will be smooth. But things go awry, including the fact that Lola's ex, Gustavo, is a cop. Desperation may be the mother of invention - and a corrupt bank manager its father.
- Robert is a police agent of American origins who lost his memory through an accident during a robbery in a branch of the Bank of America. A robber who survived the shooting is convinced the agent is faking his amnesia, just to then get rid of him and enjoy the loot, that cost the other delinquents their lives, together with his ex lover.
- -With his documentary "Hold-Up", the director Pierre Barnérias wanted to denounce the lies, corruption and manipulation in France around the management of the coronavirus
- Youth In Mexico plan a heist on a movie theatre, not knowing that their lives are to change drastically after the crime.
- When Brazilian president Bolsonaro announces that industries can settle in the Amazon on Yanomami territory, Davi Kopenawa and his son Dario take their fight to an international level to defend their land against the invaders.
- In 50s Spain, a group of Argentinians loyal to the deposed president Peron plan a robbery to recover the jewels that used to belong to the president's late wife Evita.
- Looking around for a suitable place to hold up, Andreas stumbles into a tailor's shop. What was supposed to last only a few minutes ends up being a bizarre afternoon for three men: the tragicomic of the less-than-expert robber, the cranky tailor and a customer - a know-it-all who drives the other two crazy. The mood constantly shifts, and the tables keep turning among the threesome. A black comedy with a twist.
- A homeless man asks a stranger for a slice of pizza. Then it takes an unexpected turn.
- Three men, laid off from their factory jobs, plan a gas station robbery.
- As the planet hurtles towards climate collapse, follow the powerful stories of African women and their fight for justice against dirty energy and development projects that destroy their lands, lives and communities.
- Two robbers, three cops, a wanted criminal and a former priest's lives are intertwined when a bank heist goes wrong.
- Marion is a high-powered cop. Luc is a gentleman thief. He thinks she's a lawyer, she thinks he's in real estate. They're married, with two kids, and are each blissfully ignorant of each other's double life.
- In 1996, Boris Yeltsin, ill and hated, ran for a second term as President of Russia. Facing him was a Communist candidate, Gennady Zyuganov, who was praised by those who had been forgotten by the post-Soviet transition. At the beginning of the race, Yeltsin had barely 3% of the vote, but against all odds he managed to get re-elected with nearly 54% of the votes. How could he win?
- A robber looks to make off with more than the money from a convenience store hold up.
- Inspired by a heist film, two lovers dreaming of opening a drive-in cinema embark on their swansong robbery at a Belgian supermarket.
- A documentary taking a look at the biggest leak in history, when million of files exposed the secret world of offshore finance.
- This scene will give you a good idea of the desperate "Hold-Ups" that occurred on the plains when the rush was made to the new gold fields in '49. It shows the desperadoes coming from ambush, covering the driver of the stage with Winchester rifles and ordering him to halt. The occupants of the coach are compelled to dismount from their places and are lined up in a very realistic manner with their hands thrown up. The outlaws get all the booty they can, and are just departing when an armed Sheriff's posse arrives. They pursue the bandits, and after a desperate chase and a brutal conflict, capture them and return to the scene of the robbery. The bandits are then forced at the points of revolvers to ride in front of the coaching part to Dad's Gulch, a mining town, when they are safely landed in the lock-up. This picture will joyously intoxicate any audience, and deafening applause for an encore will be certain.
- A Character driven suspense short that tells the story of a robbery from both sides, the victim and the con man.
- From the point of view of the front end of a train, a group of robbers on a handcar rob the train and murder one of its crew.
- Two New York City detectives find themselves the suspects in their own investigation.
- Hold Up takes a comedic look at the problems everyday people face during difficult economic times. It is the story of Bonnie (Marissa Skell), an independent artist struggling to pay the bills, and Jim (Ryan Scott Self), a dreamer stuck in a dead-end pawn shop job. Their paths intertwine when Bonnie's replica painting is mistaken as an original by Mahesh (Sid Veda), a local convenience store owner. The story's theme echoes the idea of taking control of one's life by taking action, even extreme ones, and is inspired by the classic story of Bonnie and Clyde. Against all odds, the two characters manage to step forward toward their dreams of experiencing life to the fullest.
- An interview with the San Francisco rock band Big Brother and the Holding Co., filmed at KQED-TV, the PBS station in San Francisco.
- Drifting into Coyote County, Broncho Billy, an outlaw, sizes up the town saloon and gambling tables, finds nothing of interest and is only put on the alert when the incoming stage pulls up before the little general store and a strong-box of express money is carried in. Broncho watches keenly and returns to the saloon with a grim smile playing over his ruddy face. Next morning the storekeeper makes the startling discovery that the express guard is bound hand and foot and the money is gone. Meanwhile, at the edge of town, Broncho sorts over the stolen loot and rides on. A few hours later he comes upon a covered "prairie schooner" driven by Vedah Barclay, a pretty girl, and finds she is taking her sick mother back home to a little town across the desert. Broncho is able to aid Vedah in preparing a fire, and is making some coffee when he suddenly discovers the approach of the sheriff's posse. Vedah proves a spirited girl, hides Broncho in the wagon and sends the posse off on the wrong trail. Filled with gratitude, Broncho sees Vedah and her mother safely on their way. The next night Broncho dismounts before a small shack, and, receiving no answer to his knock, enters and finds Vedah and her mother unconscious on the floor from thirst and exhaustion. With but one thought of getting them to the town for medical treatment, Broncho dashes down to the trail, holds up the stage-coach, forces the passengers to climb out, mounts the seat, drives back to the shack, places the two unconscious women inside and starts furiously for town. Meanwhile, the posse come upon the stage driver, learn of the affair and start in pursuit. They overtake Broncho as he pulls up before the doctor's cottage and the sheriff mortally wounds him before he can explain. Finding the unconscious women in the coach the heroism of the outlaw is realized, but he dies in spite of the heroic efforts made to save him, while Vedah sobs out her grief over his body.
- A hilariously dark look at unrequited love, one gun shot at a time. When Jeff robs his local liquor store, he expects to get in and get out. He's an assistant manager, not a professional hit man. Forlorn over his recent break-up, he hopes to use the mula to reconcile with his Ex. Unfortunately, she's now working there. Can Jeff get the money and the girl or will this be his last shot? Directed by Justin Zsebe, this dark comedy takes a fun twist on everyone's worst nightmare: running into the Ex.
- Two bank employees decide to rob their bank that they hate to work for. It's going well, and they are about to leave with the bag of cash, until professional bank robbers decide to hit the same bank.
- A robbery in a convenience store takes an unexpected turn When the robber doesn't believe the sales clerk's assertion that he doesn't know the combination to the safe.
- The Lares and Penates of any crook are not happy or trustworthy gods at their best, but those that presided over the destinies of Buck Malley and Spider Burke the day they sought to hold up the careless and wealthy Mr. Shaugnessy must have had a particular grouch on or been assailed by soporific enemies of especial strength. Certain it is however, that no crooks ever found themselves tangled up in a more unhappy situation than did they in this holdup. Buck started the ball rolling. He say Shaugnessy with a bundle of money headed for a long walk and followed him with intent to get that money when a suitable location for his assault was reached. He cross countried on Shaugnessy and took refuge behind a tree. Almost at the same moment the Spider spied the promising pedestrian and slipped behind another tree nearer the approaching victim. It was a laugh for Buck when he saw this. He waited till Spider had relieved Mr. Shaugnessy of his wealth and then turned his artillery on the astounded crook. In vain the latter pleaded that they divide the spoils. Buck forced him to yield his gun and the Shaugnessy valuables, but so intent were they on their own affairs they forgot about the victim of the holdup. He saw what was transpiring, turned, slipped behind a line of bushes, from which he emerged to hit Buck over the head, seize the revolver and turn the tables on both crooks. Shaugnessy had an entertaining story to tell that night to a crowd of listeners at his favorite club, but Buck and Spider had anything but pleasant thoughts or words of commendation for their defending gods as they tossed on hard cots in their cells and the manner in which Spider expressed his regard for Buck would have been worthy addition to any sea captain's working vocabulary.
- The possession of a banana in the hands of one of the party of three boys excites the cupidity of the other two who unite to deprive him of the coveted fruit. A very comic struggle ensues in the midst of which the smaller boy runs off with the prize.
- An intoxicated man is held up in an approved fashion and relieved of his valuables by a policeman. The action is exceedingly funny and the facial expressions good.
- The story is about robbers who is stealing from a business it's about how there are wrong people in this world and they need to be tough a lesson on wrong doing
- Indians attack stage coach. One of the passengers is shot and falls off the coach into the dust. Indians follow, shooting and yelling. Cowboys to the rescue. Indians driven off in confusion.
- Determined to hit the road for their vacation, two gangster brothers engage in a state-of-the-art holdup unaware that their opponent, a bitter gas station salesman, will be harder to take down than anticipated.
- A man in financial distress finds himself in a state of delusion/trip contemplates robbing a convenience store, whilst in his car, is haunted by characters in his imagination, who he thinks are real.
- Bill Smith, a cowpuncher, is in love with Nell Parsons, daughter of Jon Parsons, a gruff old rancher. Bill wins Nell as far as she is concerned, but he must first ask father. When Bill broaches the subject to the old man, the father kicks him off the premises. All subsequent meetings are frustrated. Finally Bill decides to enlist the aid of two inseparable comrades, have them mask themselves, waylay the old gentleman on his way to town, and after giving him a good scare, Bill will jump up and rescue him. The scheme works. Dad is won over, and agrees to the marriage, notwithstanding the fact that the two cowpunchers unwittingly lay bare the secret to their success.