The Great Van Robbery

The Great Van Robbery
The Great Van Robbery
Directed by	Max Varnel
Written by	Brian Clemens
Produced by	Edward J. Danziger; Harry Lee Danziger;
Starring	Denis Shaw; Kay Callard;
Cinematography	James Wilson (as Jimmy Wilson)
Edited by	Maurice Rootes
Music by	Albert Elms (uncredited)
Production; company	Danziger Productions
Distributed by	United Artists (US)
Release dates	January 1959 (UK); 1963 (US);
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Great Van Robbery is a low budget 1959 British crime film.^[1]

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
as Mercer
Philip Saville as Cartier
Vera Fusek as Mara
as Wally
Bob Simmons as Peters
Geoffrey Hibbert as Venner
as Robledo
Carl Duering as Delgano
Guido Lorraine as Leprave
as Julie
Hal Osmond as Freddie
Brian Weske as Francey
as Bart
Michael Bell as Garfield
as Workman
Julian Orchard as Brady
Robert Raglan as Surgeon
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. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
^ "Great Van Robbery". britmovie.co.uk.
^ "The Great Van Robbery". TVGuide.com.

External links[]

The Great Van Robbery at IMDb

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[1] "The Great Van Robbery (1959)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.

[2] "Great Van Robbery". britmovie.co.uk.

[3] "The Great Van Robbery". TVGuide.com.

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