Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices, the Moreaus, attempt to steal diamonds from the château of millionaire Salinas. However, Henry's partners in crime aren't the most emotionally stable people.
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| Michael Caine | ... | Henry | |
| Vladek Sheybal | ... | Dr. Delgado | |
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Emilio Rodríguez | ... | Police Captain (as Emilio Rodriguez) |
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David Buck | ... | Salinas |
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Carmen Dene | ... | Masseuse |
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Geraldine Sherman | ... | Receptionist |
| Giovanna Ralli | ... | Fe | |
| Eric Portman | ... | Moreau | |
| Leonard Rossiter | ... | Fillmore | |
| Nanette Newman | ... | The Girl | |
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Reg Howell | ... | Spanish Chauffeur |
| John Barry | ... | Orchestra Conductor | |
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Renata Tarragó | ... | Solo Guitarist (as Renata Tarrago) |
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Carlos Pierre | ... | Antonio |
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Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices, the Moreaus, attempt to steal diamonds from the château of millionaire Salinas. However, Henry's partners in crime aren't the most emotionally stable people.
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Lyrics by Jack Lawrence
Music by John Barry
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Bryan Forbes is an underrated director, almost forgotten today for a string of well reviewed films that ended with this one. The good reviews did that is. Perhaps at the time the direction seemed "overboard" but by today's standards of course it is merely stylish. It features lots of interesting camera angles, almost like a Joseph Losey film at times visually, and a lot of well written dialog.
Caine is very good. He played a series of almost expressionless villains and near-villains in the late 1960's. This roll is one of those, crook who falls for the wrong woman, deals but he totally sells it. Even the tone of his voice is different than you'd expect. He also gets to display both surprise and rage towards the end which gives the character more of a place to go than in the more highly regarded say Harry Palmer films and the soon to be made and good but over rated GET CARTER. He really makes the film work.
The odd character relationships also help a great deal as does John Barry's music. Fans of his probably know the main robbery scene is inter cut with a specially composed piece of pseudo classical music he wrote and which the scene was edited to later. It's a fascinating sequence and not like anything else Barry ever composed and worth watching for any fan of film music, meaning music in a film connected and interacting with it, not just as a CD to buy and enjoy. The whole score has a touch of the Spanish setting the film lushly invokes. You do have to ignore the lyrics and slightly heard it before nature of the Title song.
This is not an action crime film, more of a corrupted souls and the crimes they commit type of approach with an interesting Spanish setting. It's disguised film noir with realistic occasionally funny dialog and cool oddball sinister angles and editing choices that maybe play better today than at the time. Well worth watching, but good luck finding it.