The Day They Robbed the Bank of England is a 1960 British crime film directed by John Guillermin. It was written by Howard Clewes and Richard Maibaum and based upon a novel by John Brophy.
Peter O'Toole's role in the film led him to be cast as the lead in Lawrence of Arabia two years later.
Plot
The film is set in London at the turn of the 20th century, in 1901. Three men are on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold in the vaults of the Bank of England. Norgate (Aldo Ray), their leader, discovers the bank's weak spot: an old forgotten sewer straight under the vaults.
Cast
*Aldo ...
A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom or a colloquialism for public holiday in Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although the majority of the population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contract. The first official bank holidays were the four days named in the Bank Holidays Act 1871, but today the term is colloquially (albeit incorrectly) used for public holidays which are not officially bank holidays, for example Good Friday and Christmas Day.
History
Prior to 1834, the Bank of England ob...
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