The Great Van Robbery is a low budget 1959 British crime film.[1]
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Directed by | Max Varnel |
Written by | Brian Clemens |
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Cinematography | James Wilson (as Jimmy Wilson) |
Edited by | Maurice Rootes |
Music by | Albert Elms (uncredited) |
Production company | Danziger Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists (US) |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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.
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]
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