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The Great Riviera Bank Robbery is a film of genre Thriller directed by Francis Megahy with Ian McShane
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1980)
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Add to a movie listThe Great Riviera Bank Robbery est un film britannique réalisé par Francis Megahy, sorti en 1979.
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Tiré d'une histoire vraie, le film raconte l'histoire du casse de la Société générale de Nice, commis par Albert Spaggiari, en 1976. Il s'agit de la version britannique du film français Les Égouts du paradis, sorti la même année.Actors
Ian McShane
(The Brain (Bert))
Warren Clarke
(Jean)
Christopher Malcolm
(Serge)
Stephen Greif
(Rocco)
Eric Mason
(Fernand)
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