Movie Cosmos - Grand Slam

Description:

Professor James Anders is a seemingly mild-mannered teacher, an American working in Rio De Janeiro. Anders, bored with years of teaching, decides to put together a team to pull off a diamond heist during the Rio Carnival. Four international experts are brought together to carry out the robbery: a safe cracking expert, a master thief, a mechanical genius, and a playboy.

Top Cast >

Janet Leigh

As Mary Ann

Robert Hoffmann

As Jean-Paul Audry

Klaus Kinski

As Erich Weiss

Riccardo Cucciolla

As Agostino Rossi

George Rigaud

As Gregg Hutchinson

Adolfo Celi

As Mark Milford

Edward G. Robinson

As Prof. James Anders

Jussara

As Setuaka

Miguel del Castillo

As Manager

Luciana Angiolillo

Valentino Macchi

As (credit only)

Anny Degli Uberti

Aldo Bonamano

As Mary Ann's Boss

Fulvio Mingozzi

As Milford's Thug (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Giuliano Montaldo

Director

Paolo Bianchini

Story

Mino Roli

Screenplay, Story

Augusto Caminito

Story, Screenplay

Marcello Fondato

Screenplay

José Antonio de la Loma

Screenplay

Marcello Coscia

Screenplay

Ennio Morricone

Original Music Composer

Bruno Nicolai

Conductor

Antonio Macasoli

Director of Photography

Massimo Dallamano

Line Producer

Arrigo Colombo

Producer

Giorgio Papi

Producer

Franco Serino

Production Manager

Roberto Machado

Production Manager

Valentín Sallent

Production Manager

Lucio Trentini

Unit Manager

Raul Araujo

Unit Manager

Genis Rodriquez

Unit Manager

Franco Cuccu

Production Secretary

José Malla

Production Secretary

Roberto Velocchio

Assistant Production Design

María José Bassi

Assistant Production Design

Armando Grilli

Special Effects

Mauro Sacripanti

First Assistant Director

Carlos Couto

First Assistant Director

Federico Canudas

First Assistant Director

Carlo Fiore

Camera Operator

Ricardo González

Camera Operator

Umberto Picistrelli

Sound

Alvaro Orsini

Boom Operator

Mario Van Riel

Makeup Artist

Adrián Jaramillo

Makeup Artist

Luciano Vito

Hairstylist

Giuseppe Gatti

Assistant Camera

Alberto Marrama

Assistant Camera

Santiago Rodríguez

Assistant Camera

Alberto Boccianti

Production Design

Giorgio Pes

Set Decoration

Juan Alberto Soler

Set Decoration

Giorgio Desideri

Costume Design

Enrique Garriga

Costume Design

Elvira Tonini

Assistant Editor

Zeljko Kunkera

Executive Producer

Nino Baragli

Editor

Reviews:

JPV852 (8/10)

Entertaining heist-thriller with fine performances from all involved (would've liked seeing Edgar G. Robinson more but all in all was engrossed with the heist itself and the twist or two. Not sure if it ranks high amongst others in the genre (Ocean's Eleven is the top of my list) but still well worth checking out. 3.75/5

2022-05-30

CinemaSerf (7/10)

This is a surprisingly good little crime drama that has been largely forgotten since 1967 - which is a bit of a shame. Edward G. Robinson is a retired professor 'Anders" who assembles a rather disparate gang in order to execute the most fantastic of heists, from a seemingly impregnable vault, that will leave them the proud owners of $10m in diamonds. His meticulous, almost "League of Gentlemen" (1960) , planning accounts for every detailed aspect of the security around these jewels, and the execution of this part of the plot is (safe) cracking. As usual with most robbery stories, the plot seems to peter out after the criminal denouement, and sadly the ending is just a little to predictable. Good efforts from Klaus Kinski, Robert Hoffman and Janet Leigh as the duplicitous "Mary Ann" - alongside some really innovative use of some shaving foam - keep it enjoyably paced, and quite a bit better than average. The score is quite annoying, and the dialogue could do with just a shade of tightening up, but it's a good looking enjoyable escapade that I rather enjoyed.

2024-03-06