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The robbery that rocked Monte Carlo!
A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull off one last job--the casino vault in Monte Carlo.
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Apr 17, 2026 · via TMDB
Try as I might, I still don't understand why Joan Collins ever made it in Hollywood. She has all the natural acting talent of a lettuce, and here she struggles to even manage that. Luckily, however, there are better actors on hand for this quirky heist drama and they manage to deliver something just a bit different. Former professor 'Wilkins' (Edward G. Robinson) has invited the recently released 'Paul' (Rod Steiger) to Monte Carlo. Their meeting au bord de la mer quickly establishes that they have some sort of past and that neither have a franc to their name. 'Wilkins' has a daring plan to rectify that, and so with the help of a fairly disparate gang including 'Melanie' (Collins), 'Raymond' (Alexander Scourby), safe-man 'Dante' (Louis Antonizzi) and the erascible 'Poncho' (Eli Wallach) they plan to infiltrate the Casino and relieve it of the equivalent of $4 millions. Their plan isn't without risks - especially for 'Poncho', but with all of them in need of the cash they embark on quite a complex attack on the place without, hopefully, having to use any weapons or violence and by leaving in.. an ambulance! Of course, as with most films about robberies, it's never the planning that goes wrong, but what chance the execution and their subsequent escape can happen without casualty? For me, it's Robinson who steals the show here as his characterisation of the elderly and disgraced scientist has you firmly in his corner - even if we never quite discover what he did to earn his derision, and I thought he worked well with both a Steiger who quite tautly underplays his role and from the on-form Wallach whose depiction of the permanently anxious 'Poncho' is really quite effective. The entertainingly fitting conclusion comes from a left-field that I certainly wasn't expecting, and this benefits from it's stylish and classy monochrome photography as the tension mounts and the nerves start to tingle.
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Edward G. Robinson
Theo Wilkins
Rod Steiger
Paul Mason
Joan Collins
Melanie
Eli Wallach
Poncho
Alexander Scourby
Raymond Le May
Michael Dante
Louis Antonizzi
Berry Kroeger
Hugo Baumer
Sebastian Cabot
Casino Director
Marcel Hillaire
Duc di Salins
John Beradino
Chief of Detectives
Bess Flowers
Lady at Casino Party (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Club Patron (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Guest at Ball (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Ball Dance Participant (uncredited)
Jean Del Val
Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Governor (uncredited)
Louis Mercier
Casino Attendant (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Guest at Ball (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Cellar Club Manager (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Casino Stickman (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Croupier (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Casino Patron (uncredited)
John DeCuir
Art Direction
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
Henry Hathaway
Director
Dorothy Spencer
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Dominic Frontiere
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