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A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry the cash. The gang still go ahead with the robbery, but when the driver of the armoured van is killed in the raid, his wife plans revenge, and with the police closing in, the gang start to turn on each other.
- 6.6
- 1961
- Released
- 1h 45m
Michael Craig
Johnny Mellors
Françoise Prévost
Katie Pearson
Billie Whitelaw
Jackie Parker
William Lucas
Dennis Pearson
Kenneth Griffith
Monty
Tom Bell
Blackie
Barry Keegan
Bert LangridgeEdward Cast
Detective Sergeant Bradden
Andrew Faulds
Detective Inspector Carberry
William Dexter
Harry Parker
Glyn Houston
Frank Moore
Joan Rice
Madge Moore
Vanda Godsell
Doll
Stanley Meadows
Bowen
Hugh Morton
Mr. JohnKeith Faulkner
AlfBruce Beeby
WorthMurray Evans
BillyKevin Bennett
Archie MurdockPauline Shepherd
SecretaryMeadows White
Strange
Mary Laura Wood
Mrs. MurdockBrian McDermott
Brent
Paddi Edwards
Beryl
Anthony Bate
Detective (uncredited)
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Landlady (uncredited)Terence Soall
(uncredited)Released
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- #factory
- #robbery
- #northern england
- #ambush
- #deceit
- #neo-noir
Reviews
Michael Craig is surprisingly effective in this British crime drama. He leads a nasty gang of hoodlums bent own robbing the poorly guarded payroll of a factory. Poorly guarded, that is, until - much to the gang's chagrin - they upgrade the protection to an armoured van. Determined to proceed, though, and after a nervous series of roadwork setbacks, they hit the van, steal the loot and the driver i