Old movie about diamond cutting

[boerumbiddy]

When I was quite young (1950s) I saw a color movie, a historical romance, I am sure, in which the most exciting scene was the hero, a Cornell Wilde type, getting ready to cleave a priceless diamond, held in a vise, as I recall. I think he had a hammer and a chisel. If he shattered the gem, he was going to get hell (maybe even be killed?) from some prince or captain of industry. He succeeded, of course....There were definitely costumes involved but I think I was too young to recognize the period. I have searched and searched the Internet and cannot find a trace of this film. Did anyone else see it?

 

[ChristineRose]

No idea. But from what you said I did an advanced search on IMDB and came up with 116 titles.

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&colors=black_and_white&keywords=diamond&release_date=1900,1960&sort=release_date_us,asc&start=1&title_type=feature,tv_movie,tv_series,tv_episode,tv_special

I wish it would pick out the ones that are historical, but it's not that great.

 

[boerumbiddy]

Thanks for doing this search! For some reason I didn't see your post until today. Did the search cover only black and white movies, as I am almost certain the one I saw was in color?

 

[ChristineRose]

My mistake! I set it to only black and white, but you specified only color. Here's a color attempt:

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?keywords=diamond&release_date=,1960&title_type=feature,tv_movie,tv_series,tv_episode,tv_special,mini_series,short,video