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Director:
John Guillermin
Writers:
John Brophy (novel)
Howard Clewes (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
4 September 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
London at the turn of the century. Three men is on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold in the vaults of the Bank of England... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more
User Comments:
Period caper movie more (6 total)

Cast

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Aldo Ray ... Norgate
Elizabeth Sellars ... Iris Muldoon

Peter O'Toole ... Captain Fitch
Kieron Moore ... Walsh
Albert Sharpe ... Tosher
Joseph Tomelty ... Cohoun
Wolf Frees ... Dr. Hagen
John Le Mesurier ... Green
Miles Malleson ... Assistant Curator
Colin Gordon ... Keeper
Andrew Keir ... Sergeant of the Guard
Hugh Griffith ... O'Shea
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
2.00 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved
Company:
Summit Film Productions more

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Trivia:
In his film career, Albert Sharpe only made twelve films, among them the MGM musical Brigadoon. This was his final film. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) more

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7 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Period caper movie, 30 July 2003
Author: lorenellroy from United Kingdom

This modest but proficient thriller pretty much tells you its plot in the title.It deals with an attempt by the Irish republican movement at the turn of the twentieth century to break into the vaults of the Bank of England and extract the fortune in gold bullion stored there.They call in an American -woodenly played by Aldo Ray -to mastermind the venture and he extracts key information from a Britsh officer ,an early screen role for Peter O'Toole and from a Thames vagrant with knowledge of the sewer system. The climax sees the gang tunneling under the bank in a race against the military who have begun to suspect something is amiss. Cheaply made and slackly written this is still worth watching for the parade of British character actors who pop up and add substance to minor roles and for the touch of cynicism about politics -the Irish movement having plotted the heist find it politically expedient to try and stop it when the political scene changes in their favour

Also on the plus side is its brevity -the movie is under 90 minutes and never drags

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