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Dateline Diamonds( 1965)

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Overview

In this swinging romp through 1960s London, the frenzied manager of mod-rockers the Small Faces (made up of Steve Marriott, Kenney Jones, Ian McLagan and Ronnie Lane) gets into trouble when he agrees to use the band to smuggle diamonds out of the country. Songs include the Small Faces' "I've Got Mine," "It's Too Late," "Come On Children" and "Don't Stop What You're Doing" and The Chantelles' "I Think of You" and "Please Don't Kiss Me."

    Top Billed Cast

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      William Lucas

      Major Fairclough

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      Kenneth Cope

      Lester Benson

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      Conrad Phillips

      Tom Jenkins

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      Patsy Rowlands

      Mrs. Edgecomb

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      George Mikell

      Paul Verlekt

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      Burnell Tucker

      Dale Meredith

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      Anna Carteret

      Gay Jenkins

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      Vanda Godsell

      Mrs. Jenkins

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      Gertan Klauber

      Meverhof

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      Doel Luscombe

      Assistant Commissioner

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      Peter Zander

      Spankharen

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      Geoffrey Lumsden

      Army Officer

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      Ronald Bridges

      Garage Attendant

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      The Chantells

      Themselves

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      Kenny Everett

      Himself

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      Kiki Dee

      Herself

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Sep 05 2024
    I'm not sure if the Chantelles, Kiki Dee and the Small Faces had the same record company, but you could easily be forgiven for thinking so as they feature substantially amongst this otherwise rather poor diamond heist caper with William Lucas as "Maj. Fairclough" who ropes the heavily indebted Kenneth Cope ("Benson") who manages the Small Faces, into a diamond smuggling racket using the famous "Big L" pirate radio ship as their conduit to Rotterdam. The performances - especially an early one from Kiki Dee are all this has going for it - and that's not really saying much. The sheer silliness of ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • concert
    • rock band
    • swinging 60s
    • diamond theft