''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. The film was released in the United States as ''Larceny Street''. 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.

Plot

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

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the stolen gems.

Cast

* Jack Buchanan as John Forrest * Elsie Randolph as Alice Thornby * Arthur Margetson as Malvern * Anthony Holles as Polino * Edmund Willard as Cappellano * Lawrence Grossmith as Rankin * Zoe Wynn as Carole * Edward Lexy as Inspector McInerney * Nigel Fitzgerald as Cosgrove * Laurence Hanray as Praskins * Sara Seegar as Miss Quincey * David Burns as Bellini * George Carney as Engine Driver * Peter Gawthorne as Insurance Company Chairman * Edmon Ryan as Barman

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