The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

Infobox Film
name = The Day They Robbed the Bank of England


caption = Poster
director = John Guillermin
producer = Jules Buck
writer = Howard Clewes (screenplay and adaptation)
Richard Maibaum (adaptation)
John Brophy (novel)
starring = Aldo Ray
Elizabeth Sellars
Peter O'Toole
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
released = May 17 1960 (UK)
runtime = 85 min.
country = United Kingdom
awards =
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:88871
imdb_id = 0053752

"The Day They Robbed the Bank of England" is a 1960 film directed by John Guillermin. It was written by Howard Clewes and Richard Maibaum and based upon a novel by John Brophy.

Peter O'Toole's role in the film led him to be cast as the lead in "Lawrence of Arabia". [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1339692,00.html After 42 years, Sharif and O'Toole decide the time ...] , an October 2004 article from "The Guardian"]

Plot

The film is set in London at the turn of the 20th century. Three men are on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold in the vaults of the Bank of England. Norgate, their leader, discovers the bank's weak spot: an old forgotten sewer straight under the vaults.

Cast

*Aldo Ray - Norgate
*Elizabeth Sellars - Iris Muldoon
*Peter O'Toole - Captain Fitch
*Kieron Moore - Walsh
*Albert Sharpe - Tosher
*Joseph Tomelty -Cohoun
*Wolf Frees - Dr. Hagen
*John Le Mesurier - Green
*Miles Malleson - Assistant Curator
*Colin Gordon - Keeper
*Andrew Keir - Sergeant of the Guard
*Hugh Griffith - O'Shea

References


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