The Criminal
The toughest picture ever made in Britain!
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
- 6.3
- 1960
- Released
- 1h 37m
Stanley Baker
Johnny Bannion
Sam Wanamaker
Mike Carter
Grégoire Aslan
Frank Saffron
Margit Saad
Suzanne
Jill Bennett
Maggie
Rupert Davies
Edwards
Laurence Naismith
Mr. Town
John Van Eyssen
Formby
Noel Willman
Prison Governor
Derek Francis
Priest
Redmond Phillips
Prison Doctor
Kenneth J. Warren
Clobber
Patrick Magee
Barrows
Robert Adams
Judas
Kenneth Cope
Kelly
Murray Melvin
Antlers
Tom Bell
Flynn
Nigel Green
Ted
Neil McCarthy
O'Hara
Patrick Wymark
SolJack Rodney
Scout
Brian Phelan
Pauly LarkinJohn Molloy
Snipe
Paul Stassino
Alfredo FanucciLarry Taylor
Charles
Edward Judd
Young WarderTom Gerrard
QuantockKeith Smith
HansonCharles Lamb
Mr AbleDorothy Bromiley
AngelaDenis Shaw
Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
Released
en
- #robbery
- #b movie
- #racetrack
- #british noir
Reviews
Stanley Baker is effective here as the smart-assed hoodlum "Bannion". Recently released from prison he and some associates cleverly devise a plan to relieve a race track of it's £40,000 takings. He hides the loot in a remote field but his cockiness leads the police easily to his door. Re-incarcerated, he soon finds that it's not just the police, but his erstwhile colleagues - led by the no-nonsens