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    Diamond Wizard, The (1954)

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    Originally released as simply The Diamond and known as Britain’s first 3-D movie, this 1954 action-thriller was actually only shown in 3-D once, at a restoration screening in 2006.

    Shot on a specially-created camera rig (known as the “Spacemaster”), it was most likely intended to have been shown at the Telecinema on the Southbank in London, a space designed for the Festival of Britain to show off the burgeoning 3-D film technology.

    American federal agent Joe Dennison (Dennis O’Keefe) travels to London searching for a gang of American crooks who stole a million dollars from a US Treasury vault and killed his partner before fleeing to England.

    Dennison teams up with Inspector “Mac” McClaren of Scotland Yard (Philip Friend) and the two detectives also hunt for missing atomic scientist Dr Eric Miller (Paul Hardtmuth), who is believed to be involved in a ring handling fake diamonds.

    Dennison and McClaren discover that solving both crimes may rest with the scientist’s daughter Marline (Margaret Sheridan).

    As well as starring in the film, Dennis O’Keefe also directed and wrote the original story (under the pseudonym Jonathan Rix).

    Joe Dennison
    Dennis O’Keefe
    Marline Miller
    Margaret Sheridan
    Inspector Hector ‘Mac’ McClaren
    Philip Friend
    Thompson Blake
    Alan Wheatley
    Yeo
    Francis De Wolff
    Hunziger
    Eric Berry
    Sgt. Smith
    Gudrun Ure
    Dr Eric Miller
    Paul Hardtmuth
    Sir Stafford Beach
    Colin Tapley
    Commander Gilles
    Donald Gray
    Castle
    Cyril Chamberlain
    Hoxie
    Michael Balfour
    Lascelles
    Seymour Green

    Director
    Dennis O’Keefe
    Montgomery Tully

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