The Great Van Robbery
| The Great Van Robbery | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Max Varnel |
| Produced by |
Edward J. Danziger Harry Lee Danziger |
| Written by | Brian Clemens |
| Starring |
Denis Shaw Kay Callard |
| Music by | Albert Elms (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | James Wilson (as Jimmy Wilson) |
| Edited by | Maurice Rootes |
Production company |
Danziger Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists (US) |
Release dates |
January 1959 (UK) 1963 (US) |
Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Great Van Robbery is a low budget 1959 British crime film.[1]
Plot
Scotland Yard teams up with Interpol to discover the origins of stolen money in a private bank account in Rio de Janeiro. Assigning their best detective Caesar Smith to the case, the money is soon traced to a robbery from a Royal Mint van. Investigations lead to a coffee storehouse where a worker is found murdered and the remaining loot discovered.
Cast
- Caesar Smith - Denis Shaw
- Ella - Kay Callard
- Mercer - Tony Quinn
- Cartier - Philip Saville
- Mara - Vera Fusek
- Wally - Tony Doonan
- Peters - Bob Simmons
- Venner - Geoffrey Hibbert
- Robledo - Gordon Sterne
- Delgano - Carl Duering
- Leprave - Guido Lorraine
- Julie - June Rodney
- Freddie - Hal Osmond
- Francey - Brian Weske
- Bart - Carl Conway
- Garfield - Michael Bell
- Workman - Jacques Cey
- Brady - Julian Orchard
- Surgeon - Robert Raglan
- Bank Manager - Peter Allenby
- Toni - Paul Stassino
Notes
The Britmovie website has referred to it as a "routine British crime thriller from second-feature specialists the Danziger Brothers. Denis Shaw convincingly plays Interpol detective Caesar Smith and belies his hefty build to display a nifty line in judo and self-defence." [2]
The camera operator on the film was the future film director Nicolas Roeg. [3]
References
- ↑ "The Great Van Robbery (1959)". BFI.
- ↑ "Great Van Robbery". britmovie.co.uk.
- ↑ "The Great Van Robbery". TVGuide.com.