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The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)

85 min · Crime

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Directors

John Guillermin

Cast

Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter O'Toole, Kieron Moore, Albert Sharpe, Joseph Tomelty, Wolf Frees, John Le Mesurier, Miles Malleson, Colin Gordon, Andrew Keir, Hugh Griffith

The story

In London in 1901, during Ireland's struggle for independence, Charles Norgate, an Irish American, is recruited by Irish revolutionaries to rob the Bank of England. Iris Muldoon, widow of an Irish independence martyr, enlists Norgate for the heist. Led by O'Shea, the group plans to steal one million pounds in gold bullion as a political statement.

Catalogue themes and tags

1901, Bankeinbruch, IRA, Crime Fiction, Mystery, Caper story

Genres

Crime

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