Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Anders, bored with years of teaching, decides to put together a team to pull off a diamond heist during the Rio Carnival. Four international experts are brought together to carry out the robbery: a safe cracking expert, a master thief, a mechanical genius, and a playboy.
Direction
Montaldo's carnival setpiece is a masterclass in controlled chaos.
Cinematography
Rio glows like a fever dream you want to steal.
Score
Morricone's jazzy sting makes every frame cooler.
Director
Giuliano Montaldo
Janet Leigh
Mary Ann
Robert Hoffmann
Jean-Paul Audry
Klaus Kinski
Erich Weiss
Riccardo Cucciolla
Agostino Rossi
George Rigaud
Gregg Hutchinson
Adolfo Celi
Mark Milford
Edward G. Robinson
Prof. James Anders
Jussara
Setuaka
Miguel del Castillo
Manager
Luciana Angiolillo
Valentino Macchi
(credit only)
Fulvio Mingozzi
Milford's Thug (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kinski was so volatile on set that crew reportedly placed bets on his daily mood swings.
The film predicted the 1970s heist boom but got buried by its own distributor's bankruptcy—criminal, honestly.
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