# Help to identify a film

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**Category:** Movies\
**Created:** [July 21, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/help-to-identify-a-film/7646 "2024-07-21T18:57:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/help-to-identify-a-film/7646/1 "2024-07-21T18:57:30Z")

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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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**Author:** ![casspir](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@casspir](https://filmfind.me/u/casspir)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/help-to-identify-a-film/7646/2 "2026-04-26T14:04:22Z")

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“Mister Jerico” ( **1970** ), a British TV movie

IMDb link:

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064675/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064675/)

The male diamond thief picks the lock of the door and opens the door:

 ![Clipboard_04-26-2026_01_](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/3/323d1d5870b322fd0f0a4a43fa5896cd79ce6a8f.jpeg)

The chewing gum is on the inner frame of the door:

 ![Clipboard_04-26-2026_02_](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d20277e3b00bce30179c846eae9b02a3294e72fb.jpeg)

The thief is tampering with the chewing gum with his hand/fingers:

 ![Clipboard_04-26-2026_03_](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/e/eb111c0cac6b8a594a5a9c1eec9edf908d0afde7.jpeg)

The thief is examining the diamond on the plane while the stewardess serves drink to his female companion:

 ![Clipboard_04-26-2026_04_](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3a40301b51295e6cbaa29bbbbc4c00dfcde1d13a.jpeg)

The stewardess notices the diamond and stares at the man confused:

 ![Clipboard_04-26-2026_05_](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/2/29d3997efb7bf9014d51201e0a8fc616596c47b1.jpeg)

The male thief says to the confused stewardess: “Paste.”, see the subtitle “Paste.” on the below screenshot:

 ![Clipboard_04-26-2026_06_](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8536b7668d56e28a099ad60c4a2c3b4170ccb966.jpeg)

The female companion and the male thief trying to find out on which of her fingers to fit the diamond:

 ![Clipboard_04-26-2026_07_](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ca2bac218c29bb6213bb38da679a210ad8f9ee85.jpeg)

 ![Clipboard_04-26-2026_08_](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/8/81bf6d05cb1c4042e6cb841520ed97fc1a61b5a5.jpeg)

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:

[![](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/7/739556debf963280ed1cb70c2048c104e1fada9c.jpeg "Mister Jerico (1970) | Starring Patrick Macnee & Herbert Lom | Rare 70s crime comedy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0v2MSfLSHs)

Here, on this internet page you can find a detailed plot summary and more info on the movie:

> **[“Mister Jerico”](https://hughlockwood.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/mister-jerico/)**
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> “Mister Jerico” was a 1969 movie made for television which was broadcast in the United States. In the United Kingdom, however, this was released in cinemas. In the Philippines, this was…

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** ”