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The Day They Robbed the Bank of England is a British film of genre Drama directed by John Guillermin released in USA on 4 september 1960 with Aldo Ray
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
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Add to a movie listThe Day They Robbed the Bank of England is a 1960 British crime 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 two years later.
^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .
^ Variety film review; 25 May 1960, page 6.
^ Harrison's Reports film review; 23 July 1960, page 118.
^ Glaister, Dan (29 October 2004). "After 42 years, Sharif and O'Toole decide the time is right to get their epic act together again". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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The film is set in London at the turn of the 20th century, in 1901. While Ireland struggles for independence, Charles Norgate (Aldo Ray), an Irish-American, arrives in London after being recruited by Irish revolutionaries to undertake a robbery of the Bank of England. Iris Muldoon, the widow of a martyr in the Irish independence movement, had previously travelled to New York to hire Norgate on behalf of the movement. The Irish revolutionaries, led by O'Shea (Hugh Griffith), plan to rob a million pounds worth of gold bullion from the bank vaults as a political offensive. At first, the other revolutionaries are wary of Norgate but he gains their confidence by acknowledging his Irish lineage. Informed that the bank is considered impregnable, Norgate seeks a weakness in the Bank Picquet provided by the Brigade of Guards, which keeps watch on the gold.Actors
Aldo Ray
(Charles Norgate)
Elizabeth Sellars
(Iris Muldoon)
Peter O'Toole
(Capt. Monty Fitch)
Kieron Moore
(Walsh)
Albert Sharpe
(Albert Tosher Sparrow)
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