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Movies Related to Rocks, Gems and Gemology
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Harrowhouse
-1974 - A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse
After the Sunset
-2004 – involves the Napoleon number three diamond - The story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the FBI agent who promised he'd capture him is about to do just that
Asphalt Jungle
– 1950 - A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel
Beau Geste
– 1939 - Beau, John, and Digby Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who haven been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon. Begins with the theft of a famous sapphire
Blood Diamond
-2006- A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond
Blue Streak
–1999- A thief turned ex-con poses as a cop to retrieve a diamond he stole years ago
Breakfast at Tiffany's
-1961- A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building.
To Catch a Thief
– 1955 -When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence.
Congo
-1999- an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong
Cradel 2 the Grave
- 2003- A jewel thief's daughter is kidnapped after he steals a collection of prized black diamonds, which aren't at all what they seem.
Diamonds are Forever
- 1971 -A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an extortion plot headed by his nemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld – Diamonds and Sean Connery, too!
A Fish Called Wanda
-1988 - In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot
Flawless
-2008 - A crime/drama set in 1960 London, where a soon to retire janitor convinces a glass-ceiling constrained American executive to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer, the London Diamond Corporation.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
–1953 - Lorelei and Dorothy are just "Two Little Girls from Little Rock", lounge singers on a transatlantic cruise starring Marilyn Monroe-Jane Russell, featured the song "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend”
The Great Muppet Caper
- 1981- Kermit, Gonzo and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy
GRAND SLAM
-1968 -A team of experts, Playboy-money man, a safecracker, an expert in electronics and a military/weapons expert plan a jewel heist during Rio's Carnivale.
Green Ice
-1981 -He wanted adventure...She craved revenge...Emeralds held the answer.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
– 2001- has the The Philosopher’s Stone – Sought by Harry Potter in the story that began the series
Herby Goes to Monty Carlo
-1977- Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. L'etoile de Joie, a big diamond
The Hot Rock
-1972 - Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it.... Robert Redford and diamonds, too!
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
-1984- After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
– 2008 & 1959 -On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Jurassic Park
– 1993-Scientists clone dinosaurs to populate a theme park which suffers a major security breakdown and releases the dinosaurs. Without amber there wouldn’t have been a park
Kelly's Heroes
– 1970 -Clint Eastwood and Telly Savalas - A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure enemy lines
Little Man' Marlon
-2006 -A wannabe dad (Shawn Wayans) mistakes a vertically challenged criminal on the lam (Marlon Wayans) as his newly adopted son Wayans plays a little gem theif
The Maltese Falcon
–1931- Sam Spade, a private detective, gets involved in a murderous hunt for a valuable statuette
MacKenna's Gold
-1969 -The gangster Colorado kidnaps Marshal McKenna. He believes that McKenna has seen a map which leads to a rich vein of gold in the mountains.
Men in Black
-1997 -Two men who keep an eye on aliens in New York City must try to save the world after the aliens threaten to blow it up. “The Galaxy" is a gemstone on a cat's collar
The Pink Panther
(2006 and 1964) The detective must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond
Rififi
– 1955- Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...being remade for release in 2009
The Rescuers
– 1977- Two mice of the Rescue Aid Society search for a little girl kidnapped by unscrupulous treasure hunters -The Devil's Eye diamond
Reservoir Dogs
– 1992 - After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Romancing the Stone
-1984 - A romance writer sets off to Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure - emerald called "Mi Corazon" (My Heart)
Superman
–there a bunch of them - An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero - Kryptonite
Titanic
-1997 - Fictional romantic tale of a rich girl and poor boy who meet on the ill-fated voyage of the 'unsinkable' ship - has the The Heart of the Ocean
Topkapi
-1964- Caper film about the theft of a jeweled dagger from an Istanbul museum.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
-1948- Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico.
Wizard of Oz
– 1939-Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home - has the emerald city and ruby slippers!
* plot descriptions from http://www.imdb.com