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diamond earring down the drain, she gets an idea as to how the heist could have been pulled and where the diamonds could be. After Finch excuses himself, she goes down into the sewers under the company and finds Hobbs guarding a passage. He pulls a gun on her, but she finds a huge pile of diamonds at her feet. Hobbs confesses he has no interest in the diamonds or the money and wants to ruin the head of the insurance syndicate whose deliberate delay in covering his wife's medical expenses resulted in her death many years before.
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The ransom is ultimately paid, and the insurance head dies by suicide. Hobbs leaves. Quinn finds the rest of the diamonds and calls Finch claiming she followed a hunch. While there is questionable proof she was involved in the incident, Finch is unwilling to press charges against Quinn because he has
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The story returns to the present. Quinn tells the reporter she resigned and shortly after received a letter from a bank in Switzerland. Hobbs apologized for involving her, saying that he had needed a disgruntled employee for access to the diamond vault, and as compensation gave her the ransom money.
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The company hires a private investigator, Mr. Finch, to keep the matter from going public. Suspicious from the start, Finch keeps a close eye on Hobbs and Quinn. Quinn seeks to avoid capture and jail by giving the diamonds back but Hobbs refuses to negotiate. Having no idea where he has hidden them,
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On shakes terms, Quinn and Hobbs hatch a plan, exploiting a weakness in the new camera security system. However, Hobbs manages to lift every single diamond from the vault, almost two tons worth, and by way of a proxy, holds them for a ransom of 100 million pounds. The head of the insurance syndicate
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The situation escalates when the diamonds are not returned, and the incident is leaked to the Press. The president of London Diamond Corporation has a heart attack due to stress. Feeling cornered while out for a drink with Finch, Quinn runs to the bathroom and cries uncontrollably. After losing her
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despite being intellectually superior to her male co-workers. Quinn discovers she is due to be fired from the janitor, Hobbs. He offers her a place in a plot: stealing enough diamonds to make them rich, but not enough to be noticed. Knowing she is considered old by her coworkers and has few other
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been involved with her emotionally. While touching her lips, he tells her that the evidence against her is inconclusive. The company recovers the stolen property and implies to the press that the theft was just a rumour.
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A reporter enters a restaurant to interview Miss Laura Quinn, the only woman who ever has been a manager at the London Diamond Corporation, for a
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from King's Row is forced to pay the ransom, leaving him financially ruined. Quinn, having never agreed to this, now finds herself trapped.
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professional prospects, she agrees. At a social event at the Company President's mansion, she finds the vault combination codes.
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Quinn details how she spent the rest of her life donating all the unspent money to different organizations and people in need.
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The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of June 2020, the film holds a 55% approval rating on the review aggregator
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The story then flashes back to 1960, when Quinn was still employed as a manager at London Diamond Corporation. She is
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about the first generation of women entering the workforce. Quinn places a box on the table, revealing a huge
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reported the film had an average score of 57 out of 100, based on 21 reviews.
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she conceals their scheme while assisting Finch with the investigation.
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Michael Radford
Mark Williams
Demi Moore
Michael Caine
Lambert Wilson
Joss Ackland
Richard Greatrex
Peter Boyle
Stephen Warbeck
Magnolia Pictures
United Kingdom
Luxembourg
English
British
fictional
heist
crime film
Michael Radford
Michael Caine
Demi Moore
Germany
limited release
puff piece
diamond
passed over for a promotion for the sixth time
Michael Caine
Demi Moore
Lambert Wilson
Joss Ackland

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