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{{short description|1967 comedy film directed by Michael Winner}}
{{about|the 1967 film|other uses|Joker (disambiguation)}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Jokers
| image = "The_Jokers"_(1967).jpg
| caption = Original film poster
| producer = Ben Arbeid Maurice Foster
| director = [[Michael Winner]]
| writer = [[Dick Clement]] [[Ian La Frenais]]
| story = Michael Winner
| starring = [[Oliver Reed]] [[Michael Crawford]] [[Harry Andrews]] [[Michael Hordern]] [[Gabriella Licudi]]
| music = [[Johnny Pearson]]
| cinematography = [[Ken Hodges (cinematographer)|Ken Hodges]]
| editing = [[Bernard Gribble]]
| distributor = [[Rank Organisation]] (UK) [[Universal Pictures]] (US)
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1967|05|15}}
| runtime = 94 minutes
| budget = £300,000<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Times|title=Winning Winner|date=May 22, 1966|page=11}}</ref>
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}

'''''The Jokers''''' is a 1967 British comedy film written by [[Dick Clement]] and [[Ian La Frenais]], and directed by [[Michael Winner]]. The film stars [[Michael Crawford]] and [[Oliver Reed]] as brothers who hatch a plot to steal the [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom|Crown Jewels]].

Very much of its time – "[[Swinging London]]" – the film makes great use of London locations. Included was a short sequence of [[RCS Motor Club#Jezebel|Jezebel]], a 1916 [[Dennis N-Type]] [[fire engine]] that is still owned and run by the [[Royal College of Science Union]] at [[Imperial College London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/rcsmotor/ |title=RCS Motor Club |website=Union.ic.ac.uk |date=2016-04-09 |accessdate=2016-11-18}}</ref>

==Plot==
Michael Tremayne is booted out of [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]]. He and his brother David want to do something "big". They decide to commit a crime as a "grand gesture". The brothers take Inge, David's new inamorata, on a tour of London, including the [[Tower of London]]. At a dinner party they learn that you cannot be charged with theft unless you intend to permanently deprive the owner of their property. David proposes stealing the crown jewels and sending letters out beforehand, showing they aren't intending to permanently deprive. Michael is somewhat jealous of David, as David is considered the ‘good’ son and him the ‘bad’ son. They write and deliver the letters. They plant a bomb at the [[Albert Memorial]] and observe the police procedure. Next they put a bomb at the lion cage at the [[London zoo]]. Then they blow up a ladies lavatory. David gets a laser. They put a bomb at the stock exchange and David goes to the army base, and using a tape recorder records the procedures.

Finally the day comes. Michael goes to the jewel room in the Tower and hides a bomb there. David and Michael go to the base and tie up the duty officer. They take the place of the bomb disposal expert and his assistant. They ride with the army to the Tower. The pair go into the bomb room and knock out the rather silly Colonel who went in with them and who commands the army base. David and Michael have had the alarms turned off, due to the danger of "vibration", and use the laser to cut into the cabinets and steal the Crown Jewels. The pair set off a small bomb and a smoke bomb. They stagger out pretending to be hurt, then escape from the ambulance taking them to hospital along with the jewels.

A worldwide search is undertaken for the robbers. David and Michael enjoy the media frenzy. One week after the robbery on 23 June 1967, the letters are opened and delivered to the police. When they go to get the jewels from their hiding place they are not there. The police arrive to arrest David. Michael says he doesn't know anything about the robbery. Michael never delivered his letter. David is identified as the bomb expert, but the witnesses can't identify Michael. The police investigate, but can't break down Michael's alibi of being at a party. Michael is released. David is indicted and bail is refused. The police set up a plan to make Michael think his alibi is breaking down, but Michael evades police surveillance. We then see him digging up the jewels from where he buried them at [[Stonehenge]]. Michael calls on a telephone he knows is tapped to say he's returning the jewels at [[Trafalgar Square]] at 4 a.m. The police set up a cordon, but Michael uses their concentration on the square to put the jewels in the scales of justice on top of the [[Old Bailey]]. We close with both brothers imprisoned in the Tower, plotting their escape.

==Cast==
* [[Michael Crawford]] as Michael Tremayne
* [[Oliver Reed]] as David Tremayne
* [[Harry Andrews]] as Superintendent Marryatt
* [[James Donald]] as Colonel Gurney-Simms
* [[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]] as Riggs
* [[Michael Hordern]] as Sir Matthew
* [[Gabriella Licudi]] as Eve
* [[Lotte Tarp]] as Inge
* [[Frank Finlay]] as Harassed man
* [[Warren Mitchell]] as Lennie
* [[Rachel Kempson]] as Mrs. Tremayne
* [[Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves|Peter Graves]] as Mr. Tremayne
* [[Ingrid Boulting]] as Sarah
* [[Brian Wilde]] as Sergeant Catchpole
* [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]] as Lieutenant Sprague
* [[Michael Goodliffe]] as Lieutenant Colonel Paling

==Filming==
The film was shot on location in London over nine weeks in the summer of 1966.<ref>Goodwin, Cliff ''Evil Spirits: The Life of Oliver Reed'', London: Virgin Publishing Ltd, 2000</ref> Filming started 23 June 1966.<ref>{{cite news|author=Martin, B.|title=Gavin signs universal pact.|date=Jun 3, 1966|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|155503215}}}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
[[Bosley Crowther]] in ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "ANOTHER of those wonderfully eccentric British crime comedies, to compare with such whoppers as "''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League of Gentlemen]]'', ''[[Private's Progress]]'' and ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]'', has popped up in Universal's ''The Jokers'', which came to the Sutton yesterday. And right away its young director, Michael Winner, justifies his name."<ref>{{cite news|last=Crowther |first=Bosley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E01E0DF123AE63ABC4E52DFB366838C679EDE |title=Movie Review – - Screen: 'The Jokers,' British Crime Comedy, Opens:Sutton Theater Offers Ingenious Thriller |website=NYTimes.com |date=1967-05-16 |accessdate=2016-11-18}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0060566|The Jokers}}

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{{Clement and La Frenais}}

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