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The Great Diamond Robbery

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Director
  
Duration
  

Story by
  
Laszlo Vadnay

Language
  
6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Crime

Running time
  
1h 10m

Country
  
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Release date
  
January 8, 1954 (1954-01-08) (Premiere-Los Angeles)January 29, 1954 (1954-01-29) (US)

Writer
  
Laszlo Vadnay (screenplay), Martin Rackin (screenplay), Laszlo Vadnay (story)

Screenplay
  
Laszlo Vadnay, Martin Rackin

Cast
  
(Ambrose C. Park), (Maggie Drumman), (Mr. Remlick, Lawyer), (Louie), (Emily Drumman), (Duke Fargoh)

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The Great Diamond Robbery is a 1954 comedy film.

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Plot

A diamond potentially worth $2 million, the "Blue Goddess," must be cut. A New York City jeweler, Bainbridge Gibbons, has an expert lined up, but his own diamond cutter, Ambrose C. Park, strongly urges Gibbons to let him do the cutting.

On a park bench, Ambrose explains to a stranger that he places a newspaper ad once a year, on his birthday, and sits here hoping to be reunited with the parents who abandoned him in this very spot as an infant. He doesn't even know his real name; he was dubbed "Ambrose Central Park" at an orphanage.

Ambrose is arrested after inadvertently becoming drunk in public. A shyster lawyer, Remlick, offers to help for $400, then takes a greater interest when Ambrose offers to pay much more if his parents could be located. A couple of con artists become involved, with nightclub dancer Maggie Drumman and her mother Emily hired to pretend to be Ambrose's real sister and mom.

After the crooks try to steal the diamond, Ambrose accidentally cuts it in half, perfectly. He swallows one half, Maggie the other. As the crooks are taken away, Ambrose and Maggie go to have their stomachs pumped. A romantic attraction develops and all is forgiven.

Cast

  • Red Skelton as Ambrose C. Park
  • James Whitmore as Hemlock
  • Cara Williams as Maggie
  • Dorothy Stickney as Emily
  • Reginald Owen as Bainbridge Gibbons
  • Steven Geray as Van Goosen
  • Reception

    According to MGM records the movie earned $501,000 in the US and Canada and $201,000 elsewhere, making a loss to the studio of $426,000.

    References

    The Great Diamond Robbery Wikipedia
    The Great Diamond Robbery IMDb The Great Diamond Robbery themoviedb.org


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