The Great Van Robbery
The Great Van Robbery is a low budget 1959 British crime film.[1]
| 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 date | January 1959 (UK) 1963 (US) |
Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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
- Denis Shaw as Caesar Smith
- Kay Callard as Ella
- Tony Quinn as Mercer
- Philip Saville as Cartier
- Vera Fusek as Mara
- Tony Doonan as Wally
- Bob Simmons as Peters
- Geoffrey Hibbert as Venner
- Gordon Sterne as Robledo
- Carl Duering as Delgano
- Guido Lorraine as Leprave
- June Rodney as Julie
- Hal Osmond as Freddie
- Brian Weske as Francey
- Carl Conway as Bart
- Michael Bell as Garfield
- Jacques Cey as Workman
- Julian Orchard as Brady
- Robert Raglan as Surgeon
- Peter Allenby as Bank Manager
- Paul Stassino as Toni
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.