Late 1960s, early 1970s film, with a British lead male and female actor, setting out to recover a large diamond, possibly in the south of France, on the Mediterranean coast.
Chewing gum is placed on the sensor on the frame of an external door to disable a security alarm.
Final scene is on a plane. The male and female lead are looking at a large diamond, the female lead is placing it against different fingers to decide where best to wear it. A female flight attendant sees the diamond and the male lead tells her it is ‘paste’
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“Mister Jerico” (1970), a British TV movie
IMDb link:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064675/
The male diamond thief picks the lock of the door and opens the door:
The chewing gum is on the inner frame of the door:
The thief is tampering with the chewing gum with his hand/fingers:
The thief is examining the diamond on the plane while the stewardess serves drink to his female companion:
The stewardess notices the diamond and stares at the man confused:
The male thief says to the confused stewardess: “Paste.”, see the subtitle “Paste.” on the below screenshot:
The female companion and the male thief trying to find out on which of her fingers to fit the diamond:
You can watch the full movie on YouTube here. The scene with the chewing gum on the door frame starts at around the 0:24:54 mark, the scene at the end of the movie when they are on the plane and the thief says “Paste.” to the stewardess starts at around the 1: 22: 24 mark:
Here, on this internet page you can find a detailed plot summary and more info on the movie:
Quotes from the above plot:
”Dudley Jerico (Macnee) and his assistant (Allen) posed as a French Police Inspector and a French policeman respectively”
”After this, the two were seen riding an airplane for Malta in the first class section.”
”Rosso is the owner of precious diamond”
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