Take the Money and Run

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I'm All Right Jack (Britain 1959), with Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael AFP

Gentlemen in White Vests (West Germany 1969), with Martin Held, Rudolf Schündler, Heinz Ehrhardt (from left to right) Cinetext.de

Easy Come, Easy Go (USA 1928), with Richard Dix Cinetext.de

Danger: Diabolik (Italy 1968), with John Philip Law, Marisa Mell AFP

The Thomas Crown Affair (United States 1967), with Steve McQueen Cinetext.de

Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro/The Castle of Cagliostro (Japan 1979) cinetext.de2

Adventure in Berlin (West Germany 1952), with Wolfgang Neuss Cinetext.de

Mississippi Mermaid (France1969), with Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo cinetext.ch

Crésus (France 1960), with Fernandel AFP

Kansas City (US 1995), with Harry Belafonte AFP

The Big Money (US 1958), with Belinda Lee Cinetext.de

The Ladykillers (Britain 1955), with Katie Johnson, Danny Green Cinetext.de

Money (West Germany 1988/89), with Uwe Ochsenknecht, Billie Zöckler cinetext.de

The Law (Italy/France 1959), with Gina Lollobridgida Cinetext.de

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No gangster movie is complete without a suitcase full of cash. If it’s Swiss francs a shoe box will do. The Swiss thousand-franc bill is the world’s second-highest denomination banknote. A ten-centimetre pile of notes worth CHF1 million weighs 1kg.

Counting through stashes of money can be seen in films as early as the 1920s.
(Pictures: AFP/Kobal Collection, cinetext.de)