Same reason nobody's gone to the moon yet: No equipment.
5 seconds sound clip from the Ocean's 11 (1960) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:15:19 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Sorry about the interruption, boys, I got a job to do.
- What's the word, Vince? We have to catch a plane.
- I never figured you'd go this route.
- The plan is foolproof. Take my word for it. You know I only lie to girls.
- If it's so foolproof, why hasn't somebody done it yet?
- Same reason nobody's gone to the moon yet: No equipment.
- We're equipped. It's going to be a military operation executed by trained men.
- Why waste all those cute little tricks the Army taught us just because it's sort of peaceful now?
- You remember a little bit called Operation Gold in Oran?
- Do I? Eleven of us on a beach with a rubber boat and $6 million in gold bars.
- No shovels. But we got shovels this time.
[...]
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