The Bank Job is a 2008 British
crime film written by
Dick Clement and
Ian La Frenais, directed by
Roger Donaldson, and starring
Jason Statham, based on the
1971 Baker Street robbery in central London, from which the money and valuables stolen were never recovered. The producers allege that the story was prevented from being told in 1971 because of a
D-Notice government gagging request, allegedly to protect a prominent member of the
British Royal Family. According to the producers, this film is intended to reveal the truth for the first time, although it includes significant elements of fiction.