The Day They Robbed the Bank of England

The Day They Robbed the Bank of England is a 1960 British crime film directed by John Guillermin.Variety film review; May 25, 1960, page 6.Harrison's Reports film review; July 23, 1960, page 118. It was written by Howard Clewes and Richard Maibaum and based upon a novel by John Brophy.

Peter O'Toole's role in the film led him to be cast as the lead in Lawrence of Arabia two years later., an October 2004 article from The Guardian

Plot

The film is set in London at the turn of the 20th century, 1901. Three men are on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold in the vaults of the Bank of England. Norgate (Aldo Ray), their leader, discovers the bank's weak spot: an old forgotten sewer straight under the vaults.

Cast

• Aldo Ray - Norgate
• Elizabeth Sellars - Iris Muldoon
• Peter O'Toole - Captain Fitch
• Kieron Moore - Walsh
• Albert Sharpe - Tosher
• Joseph Tomelty -Cohoun
• Wolf Frees - Dr. Hagen
• John Le Mesurier - Green
• Miles Malleson - Assistant Curator
• Colin Gordon - Keeper
• Andrew Keir - Sergeant of the Guard
• Hugh Griffith - O'Shea

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