''Ambush in Leopard Street'' is a low budget 1962 British black and white

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film directed by J. Henry Piperno. It stars James Kenney, Michael Brennan, and

Bruce Seton Sir Bruce Lovat Seton, 11th Baronet (29 May 1909 – 28 September 1969) was a British actor and soldier. He is best remembered for his eponymous lead role in ''Fabian of the Yard''. Early life Bruce Lovat Seton was born in Simla, British Ind ...

Premise

A small time crook, Harry, plans one last job before he retires, but things do not go quite according to plan. With his sidekick Nimmo, the plan is to ambush a truck containing £500,000 of diamonds in Leopard Street, but heavy security means recruiting a larger criminal gang than usual, and the inexperienced newcomers may derail Harry's scheme. The car used by the gang at the beginning of the film is a 1959 Opel Olympia Caravan 2 door station wagon.

Cast

* James Kenney as Johnny * Michael Brennan as Harry *

as Nimmo *

Norman Rodway Norman John Frank Rodway (7 February 1929 – 13 March 2001) was an Anglo-Irish actor. Early life Rodway was born at the family home, Elsinore (named after the castle where Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' is set), on Coliemore Road, Dalkey, Dublin, ...

as Kegs * Jean Harvey as Jean * Pauline Delaney as Cath * Marie Conmee as Myra * Charles Mitchell as Big George * Lawrence Crain as Danny * Muriel O'Hanlon as Lily * Sheila Donald as Val * Jack O'Reilly as Hibbs

References

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* 1962 films 1962 crime drama films 1960s heist films British crime drama films British heist films 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{crime-drama-film-stub