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Just Ask for Diamond

Just Ask for Diamond

When all seems lost...

1988•1h 23m•4.3/10
FamilyComedyCrime

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4.3/10(3)

Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in north-central London. When a master criminal called The Falcon dies, they come into possession of his box of chocolate Maltesers, which contains the secret key to a fabulous cache of diamonds. Can they unravel the mystery and avoid the clutches of seedy lowlifes Brenda Von Falkenberg, Gott and Himmell, The Fat Man and the dogmatic Chief Inspector Snape, all of whom want to find the swag first.

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Production

Red Rooster Film & Television Entertainment, British Screen Productions, Children's Film and Television Foundation (CFTVF), Coverstop Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Colin Dale

Nick Diamond

Dursley McLinden

Dursley McLinden

Tim Diamond

Susannah York

Susannah York

Lauren Bacardi

Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey

Mr. Patel

Patricia Hodge

Patricia Hodge

Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg

Roy Kinnear

Roy Kinnear

Jack Splendide

Jimmy Nail

Jimmy Nail

Boyle

Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Chief Inspector Snape

Michael Robbins

Michael Robbins

The Fat Man

Peter Eyre

Peter Eyre

Gott

Nickolas Grace

Nickolas Grace

Himmell

Michael Medwin

Michael Medwin

The Professor

Forbes Collins

Forbes Collins

Henry von Falkenberg

José René Ruiz

Johnny Naples (as Rene Ruiz)

Donald Standen

Lawrence

Jim McManus

Jim McManus

Hammett

Robert Bathurst

Robert Bathurst

Vicar

Jonathan Linsley

Bouncer

R.J. Bell

R.J. Bell

Club Owner

Jenny Tomasin

Jenny Tomasin

Traffic Warden

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