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Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

International jewel thief Elizabeth Lipp recruits her ex-lover Walter Harper to train a motley crew of characters to steal the famous emerald-encrusted dagger of Sultan Mahmud. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Jules Dassin
Elizabeth Lipp:
Melina Mercouri
Walter Harper:
Maximilian Schell
Arthur Simon Simpson:
Peter Ustinov
Cedric Page:
Robert Morley
Hans Fisher:
Jess Hahn
Producer:
Jules Dassin

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

An Oscar-winning drama following two detectives (Barry Fitzgerald and Don Taylor) on the mean streets of New York during their investigations into the murder of a young woman.

Contributors

Det Lt Dan Muldoon:
Barry Fitzgerald
Director:
Jules Dassin
Frank Niles:
Howard Duff
Det. Jimmy Halloran:
Don Taylor

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Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Powerful, hard-bitten prison melodrama about a group of six violent convicts who revolt against their sadistic warden. Show more

Contributors

Joe Collins:
Burt Lancaster
Director:
Jules Dassin
Captain Munsey:
Hume Cronyn

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Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Powerful, hard-bitten prison melodrama about a group of six violent convicts who revolt against their sadistic warden. Starring Burt Lancaster and Hume Cronyn. Show more

Contributors

Joe Collins:
Burt Lancaster
Captain Munsey:
Hume Cronyn
Flossie:
Anita Colby
Louie Miller #7033:
Sam Levene
'Freshman' Stack:
Jeff Corey
Spencer:
John Hoyt
Director:
Jules Dassin

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