London at the turn of the 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.
Directed by John Guillermin
ira (irish republican army)
bank robbery
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Cast
Aldo Ray
Charles Norgate
Elizabeth Sellars
Iris Muldoon
Peter O'Toole
Capt. Monty Fitch
Kieron Moore
Walsh
Albert Sharpe
Albert Tosher Sparrow
Joseph Tomelty
Cohoun
John Le Mesurier
Green
Miles Malleson
Assistant Curator
Colin Gordon
Benge
Andrew Keir
Sergeant of the Guard
Hugh Griffith
O'Shea
Arthur Lowe
Bank Official (uncredited)
Crew
John Guillermin
Director
Georges Périnal
Director of Photography
Richard Maibaum
Adaptation
Irene Howard
Casting
Popular Reviews
1 review
Kieran
5.0★ · 08/14/25
I’ll be honest, I only watched this because Peter O’Toole spoke so fondly of it during his TCM interview. It’s fine, albeit a little cowardly.
I’ll be honest, I only watched this because Peter O’Toole spoke so fondly of it during his TCM interview. It’s fine, albeit a little cowardly.
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