11 Harrowhouse

11 Harrowhouse (1974)

This is like no robbery you've ever imagined.

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.

Date of release
1974-09-26
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (31)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama, Action, Comedy, Crime
Director
Aram Avakian

Casting

Interesting facts

11 Harrowhouse is a 1974 British heist comedy thriller film directed by Aram Avakian and starring Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, James Mason, Trevor Howard, and John Gielgud. It was adapted by Grodin based on the 1972 novel of the same title by Gerald A. Browne, with the screenplay by Jeffrey Bloom.

Production

The film was made at Pinewood Studios with extensive location shooting in London, Ragley Hall in Warwickshire and at Quainton Road railway station. The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Mullins.

Editor Anne Coates said the director "was a real character. He had been a very top editor... But he was totally disorganised. And, so, it was not easy to cut the work in a way. Because, Elliott Kastner wanted a straightforward storyline movie; Aram was the kind of director that shot off the cuff, bits and pieces here and there as he felt like it." She also says Charles Grodin "was very difficult to handle" and did not get along with Bergen "so, y…

During production while filming, Charles Grodin was in a different room of the manor they were filming, a maid confronted Grodin and said "did someone tell you to come into this room?" Grodin said no. Her reply was "It would be soo nice if you weren't here.." Years later, Grodin decided to name his 1989 book It Would Be Soo Nice If You Weren't Here: My Journey Through Show Business.

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