The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewels

Ireland's Crown Jewels: the case of the King, the courtiers and the gay cover-up

Genres

Documentary

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The story of ‘the greatest single blow against British Imperialism of its time’. A cocktail of jewel thefts, cover-ups and a Royal gay scandal that threatened to rock the British Monarchy to its foundations. The Irish Crown Jewels were stolen by Frank Shackleton, brother of famous polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and this film is a wonderful historical who-dunnit, investigating the evidence, theories, conspiracies and hoaxes surrounding the theft.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

52 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

08 November 2003

Country

Cast

Paul Begg

self

John Cafferky

self

Matt Cook

self as Dr. Matt Cook

Myles Dungan

self

Peter Galloway

self as Dr. Peter Galloway

Kevin Hannafin

self

Susan Hood

self as Dr. Susan Hood

Scott MacMillan

self

Michael McElhatton

narrator

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