In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.
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00:00 This is a robbery.
00:02 He was the most prolific bank robber in the Pacific Northwest.
00:07 He's robbed 14 banks in Seattle since June of 1992.
00:11 This case was spinning a little bit out of control.
00:14 He was a smart bank robber.
00:15 He became our number one priority.
00:20 What happened here reads straight from a movie script.
00:23 His moniker was Hollywood.
00:25 He wears heavy makeup, a wig.
00:27 His co-star is this 9mm handgun.
00:30 Everyone on the floor!
00:33 He said, "Man, this is the easiest thing.
00:34 It's like taking candy from kids."
00:36 I just thought, "This is insane."
00:38 Steal from the rich and give to the poor.
00:40 How noble is that?
00:42 People talk about Robin Hood, but in terms of who Hollywood was, we couldn't have been
00:47 more wrong.
00:50 He was always in pursuit of something of his own world.
00:54 This light and dark tussle, in him, he was losing the battle.
00:58 I keep going in the wrong direction.
01:00 Do I just want to want?
01:02 Is that why I get no satisfaction?
01:03 Who's the vault teller?
01:07 It was this cat and mouse game.
01:09 Is he going to come back and shoot me?
01:12 Is this guy some kind of a ghost?
01:15 How does he just slip away like that?
01:18 FBI agents are frustrated that Hollywood has been able to get away with so much for
01:23 so long.
01:25 We wanted to decimate the city of Seattle, and it was not only doable, it was winnable.
01:30 [music]
01:40 [silence]
01:50 [BLANK_AUDIO]