Sewers of Gold

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Sewers of Gold
Directed by Francis Megahy
Produced by Martin McCeand
Written by Francis Megahy
Bernie Cooper
Starring Ian McShane
Warren Clarke
Stephen Greif
Christopher Malcolm
Music by Peter Jessop
Cinematography Stanley Myers
Editing by Arthur Solomon
Distributed by Incorporated Television Company
Release date(s) 1979
Running time Flag of the United Kingdom 102 minutes
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
IMDb profile

Sewers of Gold was a 1979 film starring Ian McShane and Warren Clarke. It is also known as Dirty Money and The Great Riviera Bank Robbery.

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[edit] Plot

Bert (McShane) and Jean (Clarke) are members of a right-wing natationalist organisation closely connected to the OAS. Both are formerly of the military, and now find themselves on the wrong side of the law, and living in Nice, France. Needing to raise cash to buy arms, Bert an ex-paratrooper, known as 'The Brain' comes up with a plan by which they can break into the vault containing the safety deposit boxes of a bank, where he estimates there will be untold millions stashed.

Needing some criminal expertise, they ally themselves with some local French gangsters who are persauded to join in by the offer of a cut. Their interest is purely mercanry while Bert is at pains to point out that his interest is politcal. After several nights digging through a wall in a sewer, they finally break their way into the deposit boxes, and try to make their getaway without being caught.

[edit] Background

The raid in the film was based on a real, similar raid that was claimed to be the largest bank roberry in history at the time. The film marked the second collaboration between Ian McShane and director Francis Megahy after the 1971 film Freelance. It also starred Stephen Greif, and Christopher Malcolm.

[edit] Media Releases

It was released on Region Two DVD in 2007.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Amazon.co.uk: Sewers Of Gold: Ian McShane, Warren Clarke, Stephen Greif, Christopher Malcolm, Francis Megahy: DVD