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Release Date: 1974

Cast: Glynn Edwards, Charles Grodin, Clive Morton, Trevor Howard, Cyril Shaps, Candice Bergen, Helen Cherry, John Gielgud, Peter Vaughan, Jack Watson, Leon Greene, Jack Watling ...MORE

Cast: Glynn Edwards, Charles Grodin, Clive Morton, Trevor Howard, Cyril Shaps, Candice Bergen, Helen Cherry, John Gielgud, Peter Vaughan, Jack Watson, Leon Greene, Jack Watling, James Mason ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Heist, Parody, Crime Comedy, Caper story, Action, Action/Adventure, Comedy, Crime Fiction, Film adaptation

11 Harrowhouse is a 1974 British film directed by Aram Avakian. It was adapted by Charles Grodin based upon the novel by Gerald A. Browne with the screenplay by Jeffrey Bloom. It stars Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard and John Gielgud. In England, a small-time diamond merchant (Grodin) is unexpectedly offered the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of an extremely large diamond to be named for its wealthy owner (Howard). When the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at "The System," located at 11 Harrowhouse, with... MORE

11 Harrowhouse is a 1974 British film directed by Aram Avakian. It was adapted by Charles Grodin based upon the novel by Gerald A. Browne with the screenplay by Jeffrey Bloom. It stars Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard and John Gielgud. In England, a small-time diamond merchant (Grodin) is unexpectedly offered the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of an extremely large diamond to be named for its wealthy owner (Howard). When the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at "The System," located at 11 Harrowhouse, with the help of his beautiful and wealthy girlfriend (Bergen). The key figure in the theft, however, is the inside man (Mason) who works in the vault at The System. He is dying of cancer and wants to leave his family financially secure. Time Magazine reviewed the film positively, and described the cast as "poised and stylish." A prominent theme of the film revolves around how the primary world diamond producer controls the price of diamonds by creating artificial scarcity. The film has been screened in two versions in the past - both with and without a retrospective commentary from Grodin's character, LESS