Just Ask for Diamond

Just Ask for Diamond
Promotional poster
Directed by	Stephen Bayly
Produced by	Linda James
Screenplay by	Anthony Horowitz
Story by	Anthony Horowitz
Starring	Colin Dale Dursley McLinden Bill Paterson Susannah York Jimmy Nail
Music by	Trevor Jones
Cinematography	Billy Williams
Edited by	Scott Thomas
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	September 1988
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Just Ask for Diamond is a 1988 British comedy crime film directed by Stephen Bayly and starring Colin Dale, Saeed Jaffrey and Dursley McLinden.^[1] It is based on The Falcon's Malteser, the first book of The Diamond Brothers series; published two years earlier and written by Anthony Horowitz.^[2]

Plot summary

A pair of brothers are paid to take care of a confectionery box, but soon come under pressure from various people seeking its contents.

Cast

Colin Dale - Nick Diamond
Saeed Jaffrey - Mr. Patel
Dursley McLinden - Herbert Timothy Simple/Tim Diamond
José René Ruiz - Johnny Naples (as Rene Ruiz)
Michael Robbins - Fat Man
Donald Standen - Lawrence
Patricia Hodge - Betty Charlady / Brenda von Falkenberg
Jim McManus - Hammett
Jimmy Nail - Boyle
Roy Kinnear - Jack Splendide
Bill Paterson - Chief Inspector Snape
Forbes Collins - Henry von Falkenberg
Peter Eyre - Gott
Nickolas Grace - Himmell
Susannah York - Lauren Bacardi

References

External links

Just Ask for Diamond at the Internet Movie Database

The Diamond Brothers

The Falcon's Malteser Just Ask for Diamond Public Enemy Number Two characters

Anthony Horowitz

Alex Rider	Stormbreaker (2000) Point Blanc (2001) Skeleton Key (2002) Eagle Strike (2003) Scorpia (2004) Ark Angel (2005) Snakehead (2007) Crocodile Tears (2009) Scorpia Rising (2011) Russian Roulette (2013)

The Diamond Brothers	The Falcon's Malteser (1986) Public Enemy Number Two (1987) South By South East (1991) Three of Diamonds (2004) The Greek Who Stole Christmas (2007)

The Power of Five	Raven's Gate (2005) Evil Star (2006) Nightrise (2007) Necropolis (2008) Oblivion (2012)

Sherlock Holmes	The House of Silk (2011) Moriarty (2014)

Other novels	Groosham Grange (1988) The Devil and His Boy (1998) Mindgame (2001) The Killing Joke (2004) Trigger Mortis (2015)

Short story collections	Horowitz Horror (1999)

Films written	Just Ask for Diamond (1988) The Gathering (2003) Stormbreaker (2006)

Television series created	Crime Traveller (1997) Murder in Mind (2001–2003) Foyle's War (2002–15) Collision (2009) Injustice (2011)

Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon

Characters	Sam Spade

Films	The Maltese Falcon (1931) Satan Met a Lady The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Spoofs	Beat the Devil The Black Bird The Falcon's Malteser Just Ask for Diamond

Other	The Maltese Falcon (soundtrack) The Adventures of Sam Spade Maltese Falcon Society

Homages	Tim Trench

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