Directed by:
Charles FrendScreenplay:
Janet GreenCinematography:
Gordon DinesComposer:
Gerard SchurmannCast:
Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Geoffrey Keen, Ralph Truman, Ian Bannen, Alec McCowen, Vincent Ball, Stratford Johns, Maureen Delaney, Harold Goodwin (more)Plots(1)
A well-made police thriller which follows a Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent as he finds links between a recent robbery from a safe in a London office building and other similar crimes over the past two years. In every instance the make of the safe was the same. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Jack Hawkins
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
John Stratton
UK
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The Cruel Sea (1953)
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Geoffrey Keen
UK
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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
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Ralph Truman
UK
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Ben-Hur (1959)
Oliver Twist (1948)
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Ian Bannen
UK
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Braveheart (1995)
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Alec McCowen
UK
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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
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Vincent Ball
Australia
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Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Stratford Johns
South Africa
Best movies:
The One That Got Away (1957)
Cromwell (1970)
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Maureen Delaney
Ireland
Best movies:
Odd Man Out (1947)
The Long Arm (1956)
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Harold Goodwin
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Dorothy Alison
Australia
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
Mandy (1952)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Ursula Howells
UK
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David Lodge
UK
Best movies:
The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
The Naked Truth (1957)
The Long Arm (1956)