This is like no robbery you've ever imagined.
A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.
- 5.6
- 1974
- Released
- 1h 34m
Charles Grodin
Howard R. Chesser
Candice Bergen
Maren Shirell
James Mason
Charles D. Watts
Trevor Howard
Clyde Massey
John Gielgud
Meecham
Helen Cherry
Lady Anne Bolding
Peter Vaughan
Coglin
Cyril Shaps
Wildenstein
Leon Greene
Max Toland
Jack Watson
Miller
Jack Watling
Fitzmaurice
Clive Morton
Sir Harold
Larry Cross
Whitman
Glynn Edwards
First Guard
John Bindon
Second Guard
Joe Powell
HickeyMichael Gover
Doctor
Michael Hawkins
PatientPatricia Michael
Stewardess
Released
en
- #caper comedy
- #jewelry heist
Reviews
This is another of those films that I recalled fondly from childhood. "Chesser" (Charles Grodin) is a small time diamond dealer who, along with girlfriend "Maren" (Candice Bergen) finds himself ensnared in a cunning plot to rapidly increase the value of diamonds (though without the aid of "Pussy Galore's Flying Circus") by removing around $18bn from the global reserves. The trading centre for thes