Diamond's Edge (1988)
"Just Ask for Diamond" (original title)

Director:

Stephen Bayly

Writers:

Anthony Horowitz (novel), Anthony Horowitz (screenplay)

Stars:

Colin Dale, Saeed Jaffrey, Dursley McLinden

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Colin Dale	...	Nick Diamond
Saeed Jaffrey	...	Mr. Patel
Dursley McLinden	...	Tim Diamond
José René Ruiz	...	Johnny Naples (as Rene Ruiz)
Michael Robbins	...	Fat Man
Donald Standen	...	Lawrence
Patricia Hodge	...	Betty Charlady / Brenda von Falkenberg
Jim McManus	...	Hammett
Jimmy Nail	...	Boyle
Roy Kinnear	...	Jack Splendide
Bill Paterson	...	Chief Inspector Snape
Forbes Collins	...	Henry von Falkenberg
Peter Eyre	...	Gott
Nickolas Grace	...	Himmell
Jonathan Linsley	...	Bouncer

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

detective | teenage boy | london england | spoof | brother | 

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Taglines:

When all seems lost... just ask for Diamond!

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Family

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 November 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Diamond's Edge

Filming Locations:

Gaddesden Place, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Screen Productions, Children's Film and Television Foundation (CFTVF), Coverstop Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The Diamond brothers are in a theater watching "Murder, My Sweet'. When they leave, the marquee reads, "Farewell, My Lovely.

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Connections

Features Farewell My Lovely (1944)

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Soundtracks

"Uncle Holly's Song"
Lyrics written and sung by Wee Papa Girl Rappers (as The Wee Papa Girl Rappers)
Music by Trevor Jones

User Reviews

A rare gem

Take a wise cracking thirteen year old kid whose elder brother is an inept gumshoe, a host of classic British Actors (Jimmy Nail, Susannah York, Saeed Jaffrey, Roy Kinnear) amongst others, an intelligent plot and witty script from the pen of Anthony Horowitz (based on his own novel 'The Falcons Malteser'), a cult - and rather obscure - Brit heavy rock band (Mammoth) to play a gang of heavies; film it around North London in a classic film noir style and sprinkle with a cartload of tongue in cheek references to some of the greatest noir thrillers of all time and you have cooked up a rather tasty family friendly film that is a real joy to watch.

This film works on so many levels, it's well paced with so great moments of slap stick (such as the dropping of a grand piano onto a van full of bad guys) and full of crooks cartoony enough to entertain the kiddies, yet at the same time if full of enough references and in jokes to movies such as Kiss Me Deadly, Cassablanca and (of course) The Maltese Falcon to keep the hardened film buff entertained for hours.

This is the kind of left field quirky comedy that the British do best and is well worth 94 minutes of anybodies day to watch.