Diamonds for Breakfast

Dec 1, 1968

1h 42m

★ 5.8

Meet Marcello the gourmet

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

ABC Pictures

Bridge Films

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Grand Duke Nicholas Wladimirovitch Goduno

Marcello Mastroianni

Bridget Rafferty

Rita Tushingham

Victoria

Elaine Taylor

Honey

Margaret Blye

Popov

Warren Mitchell

Inspector Dudley

Leonard Rossiter

Bookseller

Bill Fraser

Police Sergeant

Bryan Pringle

Jeanne Silkingers

Francesca Tu

Duke of Windemere

David Horne

Butler

Charles Lloyd Pack

Nashka

Anne Blake

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