The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewels

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The Strange Case of The Irish Crown Jewels (2003)

Directed by Gerry Nelson

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

Documentary · 52m

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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Cast

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Paul Begg self
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John Cafferky self
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Matt Cook self as Dr. Matt Cook
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Myles Dungan self
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Peter Galloway self as Dr. Peter Galloway
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Kevin Hannafin self
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Susan Hood self as Dr. Susan Hood
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Scott MacMillan self Michael McElhatton narrator

Crew

Director
Gerry Nelson
Writer
Gerry Nelson

Details

Release date
2003-11-08
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Production
RTÉ, History UK, History Canada