Diamonds on Wheels
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| Diamonds on Wheels | |
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| Directed by | Jerome Courtland |
| Written by | Pierre Castex William R. Yates |
| Produced by | Ron Miller |
| Starring | Peter Firth Patrick Allen George Sewell Barry Jackson |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution Co. |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Diamonds on Wheels is a 1973 British family comedy film directed by Jerome Courtland and starring Peter Firth, Patrick Allen, George Sewell, Derek Newark, George Woodbridge (in his last film, released five months after his death), and Barry Jackson.[1] It was written by Pierre Castex and William R. Yates.
Diamond thief Billy double-crosses his gang and drives off with the proceeds of a robbery but is killed when his car crashes. Subsequently Robert Stewart, his sister Susan and his friend Charlie find the wrecked car and use one its seats for a new sports car they are building, unaware of the stolen diamonds hidden in its lining. They enter the car in a 24-hour rally and Mercer, the gang's leader, sends his henchmen to retrieve the diamonds from the car.
Cast
- Peter Firth as Robert "Bobby" Stewart
- Patrick Allen as Insp. Cook
- George Sewell as Henry Stewart
- Derek Newark as Mercer
- Dudley Sutton as Finch
- Barry Jackson as Wheeler
- Christopher Malcolm as Jock
- Richard Wattis as Sir Hilary Stanton
- Allan Cuthbertson as Gus Ashley
- Ambrosine Phillpotts as Lady Truesdale
- Maggie Hanley as Mrs. Maggie Stewart
- George Innes as Insp. Timothy
- George Woodbridge as PC Andrew
- Patrick Holt as steward
- Andrew McCulloch as Billy
- Arthur Hewlett as Benjy
- Patrick McAlliney as junkman
- Mark Edwards as Whiteman
- John Savident as steward
- Robin Langford as Peter Pitt
- Spencer Banks as Charlie Todd
- Cynthia Lund as Susan Stewart
