Just Ask for Diamond
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Just Ask for Diamond is a 1988 British
comedy
crime film
directed by Stephen Bayly
and starring Colin Dale, Saeed Jaffrey
and Dursley McLinden
. A pair of brothers are paid to take care of a confectionary box, but soon come under pressure from various people seeking its contents. It is based on The Falcon's Malteser
, the first book of The Diamond Brothers
series; published two years earlier and written by Anthony Horowitz
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Stephen Bayly
Stephen Bayly
Stephen Bayly is an American born film producer and film director. His film Coming Up Roses was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Coming Up Roses...
and starring Colin Dale, Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey OBE is an Indian-born British actor, who has done numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab...
and Dursley McLinden
Dursley McLinden
Dursley McLinden was a Manx actor whose career was mostly focused on the London stage in musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera, Gigi and Follies....
. A pair of brothers are paid to take care of a confectionary box, but soon come under pressure from various people seeking its contents. It is based on The Falcon's Malteser
The Falcon's Malteser
The Falcon's Malteser is a comic mystery for children by Anthony Horowitz. The first of the Diamond Brothers series, it was first published in 1986. The title is a spoof of the The Maltese Falcon, to which there are various allusions throughout the story...
, the first book of The Diamond Brothers
The Diamond Brothers
The Diamond Brothers is a series of humorous children's detective books by Anthony Horowitz, the first of which was published in 1986. The books tell the adventures of the world's worst private detective, Tim Diamond, and his little brother, Nick Diamond, who is considerably more intelligent...
series; published two years earlier and written by Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Craig Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter. He has written many children's novels, including The Power of Five, Alex Rider and The Diamond Brothers series and has written over fifty books. He has also written extensively for television, adapting many of Agatha Christie's...
.
Cast
- Colin Dale - Nick Diamond
- Saeed JaffreySaeed JaffreySaeed Jaffrey OBE is an Indian-born British actor, who has done numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab...
- Mr. Patel - Dursley McLindenDursley McLindenDursley McLinden was a Manx actor whose career was mostly focused on the London stage in musicals such as The Phantom of the Opera, Gigi and Follies....
- Tim Diamond - José René Ruiz - Johnny Naples (as Rene Ruiz)
- Michael RobbinsMichael RobbinsMichael Anthony Robbins was a British actor known for his television work...
- Fat Man - Alison RuffelleAlison RuffelleAlison Ruffelle is an English actress and Producer. Her mother is Sylvia Young, the founder of the theatre school at which Alison trained and where she began performing...
- Salesgirl - Donald Standen - Lawrence
- Patricia HodgePatricia HodgePatricia Ann Hodge is an English actor.-Early life:The daughter of the Royal Hotel owner/manager Eric and his wife Marion , Hodge attended Wintringham Girls' Grammar School on Weelsby Avenue in Grimsby and then St...
- Betty Charlady / Brenda von Falkenberg - Jim McManus - Hammett
- Jimmy NailJimmy NailJames Bradford "Jimmy" Nail is an English singer-songwriter, actor, musician, film producer, film score composer and television writer....
- Boyle - Roy KinnearRoy KinnearRoy Mitchell Kinnear was an English character actor. He is best remembered for playing Veruca Salt's father, Mr. Salt, in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.-Early life:...
- Jack Splendide - Bill Paterson - Chief Inspector Snape
- Forbes CollinsForbes CollinsForbes Collins is a British actor, best known for his role as King John in the popular comedy Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. He also starred in the episode All About Scoring, Innit? in the critically acclaimed drama, Minder, playing Arklow, as well as appearing in episodes of the first series of...
- Henry von Falkenberg - Peter EyrePeter EyrePeter Eyre is an American actor.Eyre was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothy Pelline and Edward Joseph Eyre, a banker. He was sent to a public school in England at the age of twelve, and has been based in the country ever since. Although offered a place at the Royal Academy of...
- Gott - Nickolas GraceNickolas GraceNickolas Grace is a British actor known for his roles on television, including Anthony Blanche in the acclaimed ITV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited and the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1980s series Robin of Sherwood...
- Himmell - Jonathan LinsleyJonathan LinsleyJonathan Linsley is an English actor who made his professional debut in 1980, and has gone on to a career on the stage, television and films...
- Bouncer - Susannah YorkSusannah YorkSusannah York was a British film, stage and television actress. She was awarded a BAFTA as Best Supporting Actress for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for the same film. She won best actress for Images at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival...
- Lauren Bacardi