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| Directed by | Tim Whelan |
| Written by | Ralph Spence (screenplay) Jack Buchanan (scenario) Tim Whelan (story) |
| Produced by | Jack Buchanan |
| Starring | Jack Buchanan Elsie Randolph, Arthur Margetson |
| Cinematography | Henry Harris |
| Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
| Music by | Van Phillips (uncredited) |
Production | Jack Buchanan Productions |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Smash and Grab is a 1937 British comedy crime film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph, with Arthur Margetson and Anthony Holles.[1] The film was released in the United States as Larceny Street.[2] The film was shot at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director Douglas Daniels.
It was followed by a sequel in 1939 The Gang's All Here with Buchanan reprising his role and Googie Withers starring as his wife.
Private detective John Forrest is hired by an insurance company to hunt down a criminal gang on a spree of smash and grab raids on London jewellers. Together with his wife Alice, he tracks the robbers to a Dublin barbershop that's used for fencing the stolen gems.
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Films directed by Tim Whelan
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