Having been booted out of the army for cheating during a training exercise, Michael Tremayne (Michael Crawford) decides to get even with the British establishment by making an extravagant gesture, hence he and brother David (Oliver Reed) execute a brilliantly conceived scheme to steal The Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
They plan to elude justice by leaving letters with solicitors stating that their intention was not to permanently deprive the Monarchy of their beloved trinkets (apparently, this loophole in British law actually exists).
The public takes the thieves to their hearts (echoes of The Great Train Robbers). But then something goes wrong. Unbeknownst to David, Michael did not submit his letter, leaving his brother to take the blame for the theft...
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