“Step by step, they plan the world's most amazing robbery.”
A wealthy businessman schemes to steal the valuable Crown Jewels from the heavily guarded Tower of London, but many tricky factors await, including a doppelgänger and a vessel escape on the Thames.
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Cast
29 people
Albert Lieven
Trayne
Known for
The Guns of Navarone
Gary Raymond
Graham / Dick
Known for
House of the Dragon
Jason and the Argonauts
Jimmy Sangster
Freddie Francis
Also in
Amicus: House of Horrors
Ted Lloyd
Ray Hearne
Margot Trooger
Dinah
Known for
Pippi Longstocking
The Mysterious Magician
Edgar Wallace
Horst Wendlandt
Catherine Schell
Hope Joyner
Known for
Dracula
Space: 1999
Eddi Arent
Hector
Known for
The Valley of Death
The Mysterious Magician
Klaus Kinski
Kane
Known for
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Freddie Francis Director · Jimmy Sangster Screenplay Edgar Wallace Author
United States release November 1, 1966 · Produced in Germany, United Kingdom · Languages English, German
Production
Summit
Production
Rialto Film
Production
Summit Entertainment
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Rialto Film Preben-Philipsen
Production
Germany · United Kingdom
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Original title
Das Verrätertor
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Germany · December 18, 1964
Theatrical
United States · November 1, 1966
Denmark
November 8, 1965 · Theatrical
Finland
April 14, 1967 · Theatrical
Germany
March 26, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray
Serbia
July 27, 1966 · Premiere · Belgrade
United Kingdom
July 5, 1965 · Theatrical
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