Diamonds for Breakfast

Diamonds for Breakfast

Meet Marcello the gourmet

1968 · 102 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy, Crime

Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns that his family's crown jewels will be exhibited at a London museum and plots to steal them. To this end, he gathers a crew of beautiful but dangerous women, led by Bridget Rafferty, to assist in his plot against Popov, the Soviet functionary in charge of the exhibit.

Directed by Christopher Morahan · Written by Ronald Harwood

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