High Heels and Low Lifes is a 2001 action comedy-drama film starring Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Kevin McNally, Mark Williams, Danny Dyer and Michael Gambon.

The film follows the story of two women living in London, Shannon and Frances, attempting to con a group of gangsters, led by Kerrigan and Mason, into giving them £1,000,000 after they overhear a conversation between gang members during a local bank heist.

The idea is that the money will later be used to purchase a large amount of expensive medical equipment for the hospital where Shannon works as an overworked and underpaid nurse.

Frances, a failing American actress who has resorted to doing voice acting for children's cartoons, wants the money so that she can get out of the rut she believes she is stuck in, and also because she wants a Mercedes to replace her aging Pontiac Firebird.

As the film progresses, the danger the women are in becomes more obvious, and just as it appears that they are out of their depth – Frances' car is blown up and Shannon is almost kidnapped – they successfully break into Mason's house and confront him and one of his gang.