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looking for Old Heist Movie / Comedy

It's a comedy Robbery movie from either 60's or 70's .
there are professional thieves trying to steal a big diamond from a museum .the diamond is in the center of the hall either under a glass or just exposed with an alarm under it.
they have an elaborated plan to steal the stone .but in the middle of everything a shy, common guy with a bad cold and a white scarf walks straight to the diamond ,picks it up and leaves .and the whole time he's sneezing .

I've checked almost all the heist movies and some seem similar to this one .The problem is that I don't remember much and also they don't mention all the scenes in the summaries .
So I guess if you've actually seen the movie might remember this specific scene.

thank you
P.S. it's not bank , gold , or diamond chips Robbery

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Is it THE HOT ROCK?

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thank you but it's not the one .

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Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) aka I soliti ignoti (1958)?

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I never saw it, but I know that robbery is in a pawn shop.

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You're on my ignore list.

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it is very much like Madonna Street ;finding a kind of innocent man to take the blame .except that it's not about jewel robbery .
in the movie i'm looking for they force an ordinary man to help them but he easily does the job himself .

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Similar to Topkapi, except for the guy with the cold.

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I've seen both movies and they're not what I'm looking for .thank you for your responses.

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"The Southern Star" from 1969 but I think the diamond from that movie is stolen while still in Africa not long after it was found, and from the description I just read, they were at a clambake at the time, and still in Africa.

There is also the many "The Pink Panther" Movies. I know in the first two movies the Pink Panther Diamond was stolen by someone known only as the Phantom. But the 3rd movie and beyond, I don't think the diamond had a lot to do with the diamond its-self, but the bumbling of Inspector Clouseau.

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I was thinking of the later Pink Panther films too. But I cannot remember how the diamond was stolen, or of how much actual importance it was in the films.

Another film that culminates in a diamond heist is The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973). There is an elaborate plan how to steal one single diamond from an exhibition, but I cannot remember exactly how many people are involved and how it's done.

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IN THE FIRST 2 PINK PANTHER FILMS THE PP DIAMOND IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FILM. IT WAS STOLEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST FILM I BELIEVE BY THE PHANTOM THEN PLAYED BY DAVID NIVEN. CAN'T REMEMBER HOW IS WAS STOLEN, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN YEARS SINCE I WATCHED IT.

IN THE SECOND FILM, "RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER" THE OPENING OF THE FILM BEGINS WITH THE PP DIAMOND BEING STOLEN BY WHO WE ASSUME IS THE PHANTOM, BECAUSE HE LEAVES HIS CALLING CARD, THE GLOVE. I SEEM TO REMEMBER THERE BEING ALL SORT OF RED LASER BEAMS TURNED ON, AND THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE DIAMOND BEING FROM THE ROOF, WHICH IS HOW IT WAS STOLEN. THE INSPECTOR IS CALLED IN TO HELP RECOVER IT, SINCE HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN RECOVERING IT THE FIRST TIME. UNTIL THE DIAMOND WAS STOLEN THE 2ND TIME, IT WAS ASSUMED THE PHANTOM HAD RETIRED.

THE REST OF THE FILM CONCERNS INSPECTOR JACQUES CLOUSEAU FOLLOWING THE PERSON HE KNOWS IS THE PHANTOM (SIR CHARLES LITTON) AND HIS WIFE LADY CLAUDINE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, SO HE CAN RECOVER THE DIAMOND HE IS CONVINCED IS IN SIR LITTON'S POSSESSION.

DAVID NIVEN WAS SIR LITTON IN THE FIRST MOVIE, BUT WAS TAKEN OVER BY CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER IN THE SECOND ONE.

THE INSPECTOR WAS

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Pink Panther was the first came to my mind .but I don't think that's the one .

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no .it's not the one .thank you.

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unfortunately it's not Southern star .
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