The Great Van Robbery
NR 1959 · 71 min · ★ 5.3 · Crime
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.
Directed by Max Varnel · Written by Brian Clemens
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Denis Shaw Caesar Smith -
Kay Callard Ella - T Tony Quinn Mercer
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Philip Saville Chase - V Vera Fusek Mara
- T Tony Doonan Wally
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Bob Simmons Peters -
Geoffrey Hibbert Venner - P Peter Elliott Feenan
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Gordon Sterne Robledo -
Carl Duering Delgano -
Guido Lorraine Leprave
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