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Programme Information

Powerful British film noir starring Laurence Harvey as an amoral, psychotic playboy who incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.

Keywords:

Crime, Thriller, Based-on-Novel, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1954) (UK) (2 Star)

Cast:

Laurence Harvey	.... Miles 'Rave' Ravenscourt
Gloria Grahame	.... Denise
Richard Basehart	.... Joe Halsey
Joan Collins	.... Mary Halsey

Supporting Cast:

John Ireland	.... Eddie
René Ray	.... Angela
Stanley Baker	.... Mike Morgan
Margaret Leighton	.... Eve Ravenscourt
Robert Morley	.... Sir Francis Ravenscourt
Freda Jackson	.... Mrs. Freeman
James Kenney	.... Dave Angela's Brother
Susan Shaw	.... Doris Girl in the Pub
Lee Patterson	.... Tod Maslin
Sandra Dorne	.... Girl
Leslie Dwyer	.... Stookey

Directors:

Lewis Gilbert

Writers:

Richard Macaulay
Vernon Harris