Sewers of Gold
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Director Francis Megahy Budget 364,000 GBP Country United Kingdom | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Action, Crime, Drama Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1979 Writer Bernie Cooper, Francis Megahy, Albert Spaggiari (character) Genres Thriller, Crime film, Docudrama Cast Ian McShane (The Brain (Bert)), Warren Clarke (Jean), Christopher Malcolm (Serge)Similar movies Related Francis Megahy movies Tagline An incredible, intriguing and true story! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A criminal genius (Ian McShane) masterminds the theft of $15 million from a bank on the French Riviera.
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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.
A group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery
Plot
Bert (McShane) and Jean (Clarke) are members of a right-wing nationalist organisation closely connected to the Organisation de larmee secrete. 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.
Needing criminal expertise, they persuade some local French gangsters to join them, in return for a cut of the haul. The gangsters interest is purely mercenary while Bert is at pains to point out that his interest is political. After several nights spent digging through a wall in a sewer, they break their way into the deposit boxes, and try to make their getaway without being caught.
Background
The raid in the film was based on an actual bank robbery that was claimed to be the largest bank robbery in history at the time. The film marked the second collaboration between Ian McShane and director Francis Megahy after the 1971 film Freelance.
This film also starred Stephen Greif and Christopher Malcolm.
Media releases
Sewers of Gold was released on Region Two DVD in 2007.
References
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