The Diamond Arm
Seen it?1969 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans, anyone who wants a laugh and adventure fans. If you loved The Phoenician Scheme or The Return of the Pink Panther, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 34 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1969: an older pace and style.
A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
7.7 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 19K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Leonid Gaidai
- Yuriy NikulinSemyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov
- Nina GrebeshkovaNadezhda Ivanovna Gorbunkova
- Nonna MordyukovaVarvara Pliushch
- Svetlana SvetlichnayaAnna Sergeyevna
- Anatoliy PapanovLyolik
- Andrey MironovGennadiy Kozodoyev
- Stanislav ChekanMikhail Ivanovich, captain
- Vladimir GulyaevVolodya, lieutenant of militsiya
- Yevgeniya Melnikovaold lady
- Andrey Faytsalesman of lottery tickets