The Great Van Robbery

1959

1h 11m

4.0(3 votes)

Crime

Overview

Interpol detective Caesar Smith tracks robbers of the Royal Mint van. He travels to Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Paris and establishes the guilt of a London coffee importer.

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22 members

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Denis Shaw

Caesar Smith

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Kay Callard

Ella

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Tony Quinn

Mercer

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Philip Saville

Chase

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Vera Fusek

Mara

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Tony Doonan

Wally

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Bob Simmons

Peters

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Geoffrey Hibbert

Venner

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Peter Elliott

Feenan

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Gordon Sterne

Robledo

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Carl Duering

Delgano

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Guido Lorraine

Leprave

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June Rodney

Julie

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Hal Osmond

Freddie

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Brian Weske

Francey

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Carl Conway

Bart

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Michael Bell

Garfield

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Jacques Cey

Workman

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Julian Orchard

Brady

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Robert Raglan

Surgeon

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Peter Allenby

Bank manager

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Paul Stassino

Toni

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