A retired thief plans a diamond heist, but faces trouble when he hires outside help to execute his plan.A retired thief plans a diamond heist, but faces trouble when he hires outside help to execute his plan.A retired thief plans a diamond heist, but faces trouble when he hires outside help to execute his plan.
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It's a well-planned job to steal half a million quid in diamonds -- mastermind Bruce Seton has arranged to sell it for a hundred grand -- and it looks like it should go very well. Part of the plan calls for James Kenney to romance the jeweler's secretary, Jean Harvey. He's a good-looking youngster, no record, a retiring manner, and brother-in-law of Michael Brennan, part of the small gang. However, another, larger, more dangerous mob have gotten wind of it.
It has an obnoxious score, but everyone looks right, and they're good enough actors to keep this cheap second feature moving right along. I looked at a 55-minute version. This means that 17 minutes were cut from the original, probably to fit it into a TV one-hour slot; this probably erased some needed explanations, and probably character development, but the story moves like lightning.
It has an obnoxious score, but everyone looks right, and they're good enough actors to keep this cheap second feature moving right along. I looked at a 55-minute version. This means that 17 minutes were cut from the original, probably to fit it into a TV one-hour slot; this probably erased some needed explanations, and probably character development, but the story moves like lightning.
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- TriviaThe car seen in the opening scenes and used by the gang throughout the film is an Opel Rekord P2 Caravan Wagon. The model was in production between August 1960 and February 1963.
- SoundtracksMoonlight
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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- Also known as
- Bill Luckwell's Production Ambush in Leopard Street
- Filming locations
- Ardmore Studios, Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland(studio: produced at)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
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By what name was Ambush in Leopard Street (1962) officially released in Canada in English?
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