I remember the filming of this movie in 1971. Not many foreign movies were filmed in Athens, so this one attracted quite a bit of attention. I particularly remember the chase scene with the yellow trolley bus outside the Athens Hilton. The scene only takes a few seconds in the movie, but it took about a week to film, with the trolley bus immobilized in front of a busy traffic intersection, causing massive traffic jams! Re. the wild car chase: for someone living in Athens, the scene sequences are illogical, jumping instantaneously from one neighborhood of the Athens-Piraeus metro area to another, located even as much as 15 km away! But the net effect on film is great, perhaps even as great as the 'Bullitt' car chase.
Review of The Burglars
