Cinema: Sibling Revelry

The Jokers are two wealthy, wastrel brothers (Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed) who decide to get their kicks by pinching the crown jewels from the Tower of London.

To this end, they plant bombs all over town, then phone anonymous tips to Scotland Yard. The bobbies bob up in the lion house at the zoo, the Albert Memorial. At one point, they even invade a ladies' loo. By the time a call comes to defuse a bomb in the Tower, the Yard's guard is down, and the boys, disguised as demolition experts, easily lift the loot. Caught and incarcerated in the Tower,...

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