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.
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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 fencing 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