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Release, runtime and language
1963 · 89 mins · English
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Directed by
Don Chaffey
Starring
Herbert Lom, Leo McKern, Jenny Laird, Peter Vaughan, Michael Gwynn, Pamela Franklin

Five pampered French children and their wheeled, headless toy horse inadvertently get swept into a scheme to rob the Dijon‑Paris express of 100 million. Their adventure leads them to thwart the heist when a thief hides the key to his stash inside the toy horse.

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