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| Diamonds | |
|---|---|
 Original theatrical poster | |
| Directed by |
Menahem Golan Arik Dichner |
| Written by | Menahem Golan David Paulsen |
| Produced by |
Yoram Globus Menahem Golan |
| Starring |
Robert Shaw Richard Roundtree Barbara Hershey Shelley Winters |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
| Edited by | Dov Hoenig |
| Music by | Roy Budd |
| Distributed by | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 120 minutes |
| Countries | Israel United States |
| Language | English |
Diamonds is a 1975 Israeli-American heist film. Robert Shaw stars in a dual role as twin brothers. Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey and Shelley Winters are co-stars. The film was also released as Diamond Shaft, although it has no relation to the Shaft films other than having Roundtree in the cast.
Plot
Charles Hodgson is a British aristocrat who decides to become a thief as a way of getting at his twin brother, Earl, a security expert who has built a supposedly impregnable vault in Tel Aviv, which holds a cache of diamonds. For the caper, Charles enlists Archie, a heist expert, and Sally. He also becomes acquainted with an American woman, Zelda Shapiro, who is in Israel looking for a new husband.
Cast
- Robert Shaw as Charles Hodgson / Earl Hodgson
- Richard Roundtree as Archie
- Barbara Hershey as Sally (credited as Barbara Seagull)
- Shelley Winters as Zelda Shapiro
- Shaike Ophir as Moshe
- Yosef Shiloach as Mustafa
- Gadi Yagil as Gaby
- Yehuda Efroni as Salzburg
See also
External links
- Diamonds at IMDb
- Diamonds at Rotten Tomatoes
- Diamonds at the TCM Movie Database
- Diamonds at AllMovie
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- 1975 crime drama films
- 1970s heist films
- Israeli crime drama films
- English-language Israeli films
- Films directed by Menahem Golan
- Films scored by Roy Budd
- Embassy Pictures films
- Films produced by Menahem Golan
- Films set in Israel
- Films about twin brothers
- Films with screenplays by Menahem Golan
- Films produced by Yoram Globus
- 1970s English-language films
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| This article includes a
list of references,
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| Diamonds | |
|---|---|
|
Original theatrical poster | |
| Directed by |
Menahem Golan Arik Dichner |
| Written by | Menahem Golan David Paulsen |
| Produced by |
Yoram Globus Menahem Golan |
| Starring |
Robert Shaw Richard Roundtree Barbara Hershey Shelley Winters |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
| Edited by | Dov Hoenig |
| Music by | Roy Budd |
| Distributed by | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 120 minutes |
| Countries | Israel United States |
| Language | English |
Diamonds is a 1975 Israeli-American heist film. Robert Shaw stars in a dual role as twin brothers. Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey and Shelley Winters are co-stars. The film was also released as Diamond Shaft, although it has no relation to the Shaft films other than having Roundtree in the cast.
Plot
Charles Hodgson is a British aristocrat who decides to become a thief as a way of getting at his twin brother, Earl, a security expert who has built a supposedly impregnable vault in Tel Aviv, which holds a cache of diamonds. For the caper, Charles enlists Archie, a heist expert, and Sally. He also becomes acquainted with an American woman, Zelda Shapiro, who is in Israel looking for a new husband.
Cast
- Robert Shaw as Charles Hodgson / Earl Hodgson
- Richard Roundtree as Archie
- Barbara Hershey as Sally (credited as Barbara Seagull)
- Shelley Winters as Zelda Shapiro
- Shaike Ophir as Moshe
- Yosef Shiloach as Mustafa
- Gadi Yagil as Gaby
- Yehuda Efroni as Salzburg
See also
External links
- Diamonds at IMDb
- Diamonds at Rotten Tomatoes
- Diamonds at the TCM Movie Database
- Diamonds at AllMovie
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| This 1970s crime film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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| This article related to an American film of the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1975 films
- 1975 crime drama films
- 1970s heist films
- Israeli crime drama films
- English-language Israeli films
- Films directed by Menahem Golan
- Films scored by Roy Budd
- Embassy Pictures films
- Films produced by Menahem Golan
- Films set in Israel
- Films about twin brothers
- Films with screenplays by Menahem Golan
- Films produced by Yoram Globus
- 1970s English-language films
- American heist films
- American crime drama films
- 1970s American films
- English-language crime drama films
- Israeli film stubs
- 1970s crime film stubs
- 1970s American film stubs