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The Great Riviera Bank Robbery is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Francis Megahy with Ian McShane
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1980)
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Add to a movie listLength 1h42
Directed by Francis Megahy
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Themes Gangster films
Rating62%
Sewers of Gold was a 1979 British film starring Ian McShane and Warren Clarke. It is also known as Dirty Money and The Great Riviera Bank Robbery.
Synopsis
Bert (McShane) and Jean (Clarke) are members of a right-wing nationalist organisation closely connected to the Organisation de l'armée secrète. Both are ex-military, and now find themselves on the wrong side of the law in Nice, France. Needing to raise cash to buy arms, Bert, an ex-paratrooper known as 'The Brain', devises a plan to dig their way into a bank vault.Actors
Ian McShane
(The Brain (Bert))
Warren Clarke
(Jean)
Stephen Greif
(Rocco)
Christopher Malcolm
(Serge)
Eric Mason
(Fernand)
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