Diamond's Edge

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Diamond's Edge ★★ Just Ask for Diamond 1988 (PG)

An adolescent private eye and his juvenescent brother snoop into the affairs of the Fat Man, and find out that the opera ain't over until they find out what's in the Fat Man's mysterious box of bonbons. A genre-parodying kid mystery, written by Horowitz, based on his novel, “The Falcon's Malteser.” 83m/C VHS, DVD . Susannah York, Peter Eyre, Patricia Hodge, Nickolas Grace; D: Stephen Bayly; W: Anthony Horowitz; M: Trevor Jones.