Just Ask for Diamond (1988)

5.6/10 80 min Family Comedy Crime

Overview

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.

Cast

Dursley McLinden

Tim Diamond

Susannah York

Lauren Bacardi

Saeed Jaffrey

Mr. Patel

Patricia Hodge

Betty Charlady/Brenda von Falkenberg

Roy Kinnear

Jack Splendide

Jimmy Nail

Boyle

Bill Paterson

Chief Inspector Snape

Michael Robbins

The Fat Man

Peter Eyre

Gott

Nickolas Grace

Himmell

Michael Medwin

The Professor

Forbes Collins

Henry von Falkenberg

José René Ruiz

Johnny Naples (as Rene Ruiz)

Donald Standen

Lawrence

Jim McManus

Hammett

Robert Bathurst

Vicar

R.J. Bell

Club Owner

Jenny Tomasin

Traffic Warden

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