- Rough Cut (film)
Infobox Film
name = Rough Cut
caption =
director =Don Siegel
producer =
writer = Derek Lambert (novel)Larry Gelbart
narrator =
starring =Burt Reynolds Lesley-Anne Down David Niven
music =Nelson Riddle
cinematography =Freddie Young
editing =Michael J. Duthie Douglas Stewart
distributor =Paramount Pictures
released = 1980
runtime = 112 min.
country =U.S.A.
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
website =
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imdb_id = 0081439Rough Cut is a 1980 American
heist film directed byDon Siegel . The screenplay was written byLarry Gelbart , based upon the novel by Derek Lambert.Plot
Jewel thief Jack Rhodes, a.k.a. "Jack of Diamonds," is masterminding a heist of $30 million worth of uncut
gems . He also has his eye on lovely Gillian Bromley, who becomes a part of the gang he is forming to pull off the daring robbery.Chief Inspector Cyril Willis fromScotland Yard , however, is blackmailing Gillian, threatening her with prosecution on another theft if she doesn't cooperate in helping him bag the elusive Rhodes, the last jewel in his crown before the Chief Inspector formally retires from duty.Cast
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Burt Reynolds - Jack Rhodes
*Lesley-Anne Down - Gillian Bromley
*David Niven - Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
*Timothy West - Nigel Lawton
*Patrick Magee - Ernst MuellerExternal links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081439/ "Rough Cut"] at the
Internet Movie Database
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