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The Caper of the Golden Bulls

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The Caper of the Golden Bulls
Directed byRussell Rouse
Screenplay byEd Waters
David Moessinger
Based onThe Caper of the Golden Bulls
by William P. McGivern
Produced byClarence Greene
StarringStephen Boyd
Yvette Mimieux
Giovanna Ralli
CinematographyHarold E. Stine
Edited byChester W. Schaeffer
Robert Wyman
Music byVic Mizzy
Production
company
Greene-Rouse Productions
Distributed byEmbassy Pictures
Release date
  • May 24, 1967 (1967-05-24)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Caper of the Golden Bulls, also known as Carnival of Thieves, is a 1967 American action comedy film directed by Russell Rouse and starring Stephen Boyd, Yvette Mimieux and Giovanna Ralli.[1]

Plot

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During a bombing mission to Germany, wartime pilot Peter Churchman (Boyd) inadvertently destroys a French cathedral. To atone, after the war, Churchman and a crew of accomplices rob a number of banks, making sure the money goes to have the cathedral rebuilt.

Churchman moves to Spain, where he opens a successful restaurant. He and another American expatriate, Grace Harvey (Mimieux), are in a romantic relationship. Life is idyllic until one day Angela Tresler (Ralli), an acquaintance from the war, turns up threatening to expose Churchman's illegal activity unless he and his crew pull off a daring robbery for her in Pamplona.

During the fiesta, Churchman's men carry concealed explosives and tools during the famed Running of the Bulls, veering off into an alley during the event. Churchman has broken into a bank and, using the dynamite, he blows open a safe, timing the explosion with a cannon's shot that is a traditional rite during the festival.

Inside the safe are rare jewels, which he hides inside a precious religious statue. Churchman turns over the statue to Angela, who is elated until she discovers the statue to be empty. Both have been outsmarted by Grace, who replaced the statue with a replica and turned over the jewels safely to Gonzalez, the town's chief of police.

Cast

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Production

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The film had location shooting in Pamplona and Madrid in Spain.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1967) - Russell Rouse - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  2. ^ The Caper of the Golden Bulls at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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