Diamonds for Breakfast

Marcello Mastroianni (starring)
Christopher Morahan (director)
Ernesto Gastaldi, Ronald Harwood, Pierre Rouve, N.F. Simpson (screenwriters)

London: Bridge Films, Circa 1968. Draft script for the 1968 British film. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their annotations in manuscript ink throughout, noting props and new characters.

A man who claims to be the rightful heir to the Russian Imperial Jewels hires a motley crew of petty thieves and cat burglars to steal them from a museum.

OCLC locates no holdings. AMPAS shows one holding.

Shot on location in London and Oxfordshire.

Tall red wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present, undated, with credits for screenwriters Ernesto Gastaldi, Ronald Harwood, Pierre Rouve, and N.F. Simpson. 126 leaves, with last page of text numbered 124. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good, wrapper Very Good, with creasing affecting the final 15 leaves and rear wrapper, and front wrapper reinforced with yellow tape on the edges. Bound internally with three silver brads.


[Book #158735]