Diamonds

Diamonds (1975)

Diamonds Were Forever

Charles Hodgson is a British aristocrat who decides to become a thief as a way of getting at his twin brother, Earl, a security expert who has built a supposedly impregnable vault in Tel Aviv, which holds a cache of diamonds. For the caper, Charles enlists Archie, a heist expert, and Sally. He also becomes acquainted with an American woman, Zelda Shapiro, who is in Israel looking for a new husband.

Date of release
1975-10-22
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (9)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Crime
Director
Menahem Golan

Casting

Interesting facts

Diamonds is a 1975 Israeli-American heist film directed by Menahem Golan and Arik Dichner. Robert Shaw stars in a dual role as twin brothers. Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey and Shelley Winters has supporting roles. The film was also released as Diamond Shaft, although it has no relation to the Shaft films other than having Roundtree in the cast.

Production

Menahem Golan, the film's director, aimed to create an international picture with a foreign cast and in the English language, in the hopes of securing distribution beyond Israel. Golan met with veteran agent John Gaines in Hollywood to discuss casting English actor, Robert Shaw, who was in final negotiations to star End of the Game (1975).

Golan and Dichner were inspired by the Israel Diamond Exchange in Tel Aviv and decided to shoot the film on location in Israel. Scenes were also filmed in London on Bond Street. Towards the end of filming, Shaw's actress wife Mary Ure died at their recently rented Mayfair home from an accidental overdose, and was discovered by Shaw.

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