Crime

Grand Slam

- These men are in... for the crime of their lives.

Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Anders, bored with years of teaching, decides to put together a team to pull off a diamond heist during the Rio Carnival. Four international experts are brought together to carry out the robbery: a safe cracking expert, a master thief, a mechanical genius, and a playboy.

Release Date : 1967-09-28

Language :EnglishFrenchGermanPortuguese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Jolly FilmCoral Producciones CinematográficasConstantin FilmParamount Pictures

Production Country : GermanyItalySpain

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Mary Ann

Original Name : Janet Leigh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jean-Paul Audry

Original Name : Robert Hoffmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Erich Weiss

Original Name : Klaus Kinski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agostino Rossi

Original Name : Riccardo Cucciolla

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gregg Hutchinson

Original Name : George Rigaud

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mark Milford

Original Name : Adolfo Celi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prof. James Anders

Original Name : Edward G. Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Setuaka

Original Name : Jussara

Gender : Female

Character Name : Manager

Original Name : Miguel del Castillo

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Luciana Angiolillo

Gender : Female

Character Name : (credit only)

Original Name : Valentino Macchi

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Anny Degli Uberti

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mary Ann's Boss

Original Name : Aldo Bonamano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Milford's Thug (uncredited)

Original Name : Fulvio Mingozzi

Gender : Male

Reviews

JPV852

@JPV852

2022-05-30

Entertaining heist-thriller with fine performances from all involved (would've liked seeing Edgar G. Robinson more but all in all was engrossed with the heist itself and the twist or two. Not sure if it ranks high amongst others in the genre (Ocean's Eleven is the top of my list) but still well worth checking out. **3.75/5**

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-06

This is a surprisingly good little crime drama that has been largely forgotten since 1967 - which is a bit of a shame. Edward G. Robinson is a retired professor 'Anders" who assembles a rather disparate gang in order to execute the most fantastic of heists, from a seemingly impregnable vault, that will leave them the proud owners of $10m in diamonds. His meticulous, almost "League of Gentlemen" (1960) , planning accounts for every detailed aspect of the security around these jewels, and the execution of this part of the plot is (safe) cracking. As usual with most robbery stories, the plot seems to peter out after the criminal denouement, and sadly the ending is just a little to predictable. Good efforts from Klaus Kinski, Robert Hoffman and Janet Leigh as the duplicitous "Mary Ann" - alongside some really innovative use of some shaving foam - keep it enjoyably paced, and quite a bit better than average. The score is quite annoying, and the dialogue could do with just a shade of tightening up, but it's a good looking enjoyable escapade that I rather enjoyed.