British Crime Cinema 1960's
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1. The Price of Silence (1960)
73 min | Crime, Drama
Roger Fenton has been released from prison and started to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Gordon Jackson, June Thorburn, Maya Koumani, Terence Alexander
Votes: 160
2. The Shakedown (1960)
92 min | Crime, Drama
After being released from prison, Augie Cortona sets up a blackmail operation, fronted by a model agency. When the authorities get wind of his activities, they send in an undercover police ... See full summary »
Director: John Lemont | Stars: Terence Morgan, Hazel Court, Donald Pleasence, Bill Owen
Votes: 341
3. Malaga (1960)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A jewel thief pulls off a big heist, stabs his partner-in-crime in the back, dumps his girlfriend and goes on the run with the loot. The ex-partner and the girlfriend team up to go after him.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Trevor Howard, Dorothy Dandridge, Edmund Purdom, Michael Hordern
Votes: 130
4. Hell Is a City (1960)
93 min | Crime, Thriller
In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Donald Pleasence, Maxine Audley
Votes: 1,385
5. It Takes a Thief (1960)
Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gang leader dumps her criminal boyfriend when he is convicted of robbery, but he recovers the stolen loot once he's released. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps his son and demands the money as ransom.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Möhner, Peter Reynolds
Votes: 376
6. Jackpot (1960)
71 min | Drama
A safe in 'The Jackpot Club' is robbed of £6,000. The police and the owner of the club want to track down the safecracker, but for very different reasons.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: William Hartnell, Betty McDowall, Eddie Byrne, George Mikell
Votes: 192
7. The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Unrated | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 5,278
8. The Professionals (1960)
61 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: William Lucas, Andrew Faulds, Colette Wilde, Stratford Johns
Votes: 15
9. Never Let Go (1960)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith
Votes: 1,693
10. Dead Lucky (1960)
64 min | Crime, Drama
Mike Billings decides to give gambling a go and it happens he's good at it. His instant fortune attracts quite a number of characters including a con artist, a hired killer, and the requisite attractive woman.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Vincent Ball, Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier, Michael Ripper
Votes: 57
11. Man Who Couldn't Walk (1960)
65 min | Crime, Drama
Melodrama, dealing with safe-breakers and gang warfare.
Director: Henry Cass | Stars: Eric Pohlmann, Peter Reynolds, Pat Clavin, Reed De Rouen
12. Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
78 min | Crime, Drama
In London, a wealthy playboy, an American adventurer, a small-time thief and a retired safe-cracker team-up to rob a foreign embassy's safe by digging a tunnel from the London Underground into the embassy's cellar.
Director: Wolf Rilla | Stars: Terence Morgan, Yôko Tani, John Crawford, Mai Zetterling
Votes: 278
13. The Concrete Jungle (1960)
TV-14 | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the UK, after pulling a racetrack robbery, repeat offender Johnny Bannion hides the loot in a farmer's field but the police and the local mob come looking for Johnny and the money.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker, Grégoire Aslan, Margit Saad
Votes: 1,764
14. Playgirl After Dark (1960)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a famous club.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Leo Genn, Karlheinz Böhm, Danik Patisson
Votes: 438
15. Crossroads to Crime (1960)
57 min | Crime
PC Don Ross suspects that a gang of lorry hijackers, operating from a transport café, is behind a series of vehicle thefts. When his suspicions are dismissed by his superiors, Ross decides ... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Anderson | Stars: Miriam Karlin, George Murcell, David Graham, Victor Maddern
Votes: 120
16. The Unstoppable Man (1961)
Not Rated | 68 min | Drama, Crime
Director: Terry Bishop | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Marius Goring, Harry H. Corbett, Lois Maxwell
Votes: 30
17. The Gentle Trap (1960)
59 min | Crime, Drama
A locksmith's first heist goes awry when his partner is killed by rival thieves after the theft. Betrayed by his girlfriend, he hides with the loot in a flat above a club, wary of its untrustworthy tenants while evading cops and crooks.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Spencer Teakle, Felicity Young, Martin Benson, Dorinda Stevens
Votes: 131
18. Marriage of Convenience (1960)
58 min | Drama, Mystery
An escaped convict discovers his girlfriend has married the detective who arrested him.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Harry H. Corbett, John Cairney, John Van Eyssen, Jennifer Daniel
Votes: 71
19. Deadfall (1968)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices, the Moreaus, attempt to steal diamonds from the château of millionaire Salinas. However, Henry's partners in crime aren't the most emotionally stable people.
Director: Bryan Forbes | Stars: Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman
Votes: 1,273
20. Hell Is Empty (1967)
109 min | Crime, Drama
On the run from the police, a female thief and her band of robbers take refuge on a desert island where they discover a mansion inhabited by a family whom they take hostage. One of the robbers falls for the couple's daughter.
Directors: John Ainsworth, Bernard Knowles | Stars: Martine Carol, Anthony Steel, James Robertson Justice, Shirley Anne Field
Votes: 35
21. Poor Cow (1967)
Approved | 101 min | Drama
A young woman lives a life full of bad choices. At a young age she has a baby by an abusive thief who quickly lands in prison. When her son goes missing, she gets to grips with what is most important to her.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Terence Stamp, Carol White, John Bindon, Queenie Watts
Votes: 1,988
22. Maroc 7 (1967)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.
Director: Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Gene Barry, Elsa Martinelli, Leslie Phillips, Cyd Charisse
Votes: 272
23. Love Is a Woman (1966)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An undercover agent is sent to investigate dope smuggling on a sun-drenched Mediterranean island. When both of his principal subjects die in mysterious reasons, he soon finds that he is also involved in a murder investigation.
Director: Frederic Goode | Stars: Mark Burns, Shaun Curry, William Dexter, Wanda Ventham
Votes: 169
24. Psycho-Circus (1966)
Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
Directors: Werner Jacobs, John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Anthony Newlands, Heinz Drache
Votes: 1,471
25. 24 Hours to Kill (1965)
94 min | Drama, Thriller
The crew of an airplane forced to spend 24 hours in Beirut get in trouble with a smuggling gang.
Director: Peter Bezencenet | Stars: Lex Barker, Mickey Rooney, Michael Medwin, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 341
26. The Sicilians (1964)
70 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An aide at the American Embassy in London finds himself involved with both Scotland Yard and the French police over the kidnapping of the son of a Mafia boss who has spilled the beans back in the States.
Director: Ernest Morris | Stars: Robert Hutton, Reginald Marsh, Ursula Howells, Alex Scott
Votes: 94
27. The Moon-Spinners (1964)
G | 118 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery
A teenager encounters romance, intrigue and a search for stolen jewels during her visit to the island of Crete.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Pola Negri, Peter McEnery
Votes: 3,021 | Gross: $3.50M
28. Return to Sender (1963)
61 min | Drama
A fraudster is arrested for stealing a large sum of money from his partners. When he learns that a particularly brilliant barrister will lead the prosecution against him he sets out to undermine the credibility of the barrister.
Director: Gordon Hales | Stars: Nigel Davenport, Yvonne Romain, Geoffrey Keen, William Russell
Votes: 69
29. Cairo (1963)
91 min | Crime, Drama
An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum.
Director: Wolf Rilla | Stars: George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamamah, John Meillon
Votes: 412
30. Breath of Life (1963)
67 min | Crime
Director: J. Henry Piperno | Stars: George Moon, Larry Martyn, April Wilding, Barry Halliday
31. Seven Keys (1961)
57 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-con goes looking for his late cellmate's hidden loot.
Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Jeannie Carson, Alan Dobie, Delphi Lawrence, John Carson
Votes: 116
32. Backfire! (1962)
61 min | Mystery, Thriller
Arson is the only way out for a failing cosmetics company.
Director: Paul Almond | Stars: Alfred Burke, Zena Marshall, Oliver Johnston, Noel Trevarthen
Votes: 82
33. Dangerous Afternoon (1961)
62 min | Crime, Drama
The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Nora Nicholson, Diana Chesney, Richard McNeff, Jan Miller
Votes: 229
34. Attempt to Kill (1961)
59 min | Crime
A wealthy business man fires one of his employees and becomes the victim of murder attempt. The fired man becomes the prime suspect, but it appears that he himself has been murdered.
Director: Royston Morley | Stars: Derek Farr, Tony Wright, Richard Pearson, Freda Jackson
Votes: 78
35. The Secret Partner (1961)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy London-based shipping magnate is blackmailed by an evil dentist which threatens to reveal an old case of fraud, while the dentist himself is threatened by a mysterious masked man.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Stewart Granger, Bernard Lee, Haya Harareet, Hugh Burden
Votes: 791
36. Two Living, One Dead (1961)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Sweden, a post-office employee who survives a deadly armed robbery is accused of cowardice by society and is torn by conflicting feelings.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Patrick McGoohan, Alf Kjellin
Votes: 80
37. Transatlantic (1960)
63 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Ernest Morris | Stars: Pete Murray, June Thorburn, Malou Pantera, Bill Nagy
Votes: 9
38. So Evil, So Young (1961)
77 min | Drama
A young girl is framed for a robbery, and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.
Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Jill Ireland, Ellen Pollock, John Charlesworth, Jocelyn Britton
Votes: 185
39. The Man Who Was Nobody (1960)
58 min | Drama, Mystery
Marjorie Stedman (Hazel Court) investigates the disappearance of a man whom had fraudulently obtained a high-price diamond.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Hazel Court, John Crawford, Lisa Daniely, Paul Eddington
Votes: 75
40. Feet of Clay (1961)
Not Rated | 55 min | Crime, Drama
A dangerous drug-smuggling case becomes even more dangerous when an investigating lawyer discovers that the individual behind the operation is a police probation officer.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Vincent Ball, Wendy Williams, Hilda Fenemore, Robert Cawdron
Votes: 42
41. Compelled (1960)
Not Rated | 56 min | Crime, Drama
An ex-con-turned-engineer is blackmailed into taking part in a jewel heist.
Director: Ramsey Herrington | Stars: Beth Rogan, Ronald Howard, John Gabriel, Richard Shaw
Votes: 53
42. Echo of Barbara (1961)
58 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Maureen Connell, Paul Stassino, Ronald Hines
Votes: 9
43. The Devil Inside (1961)
71 min | Crime
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: William Sylvester, Mai Zetterling, John Meillon, Anthony Dawson
Votes: 271
44. Young, Willing and Eager (1961)
77 min | Crime, Drama
Carol flees to London from her alcoholic stepfather, but runs into a rough crowd in her new home.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Jess Conrad, Hermione Baddeley, Kenneth Griffith, Christina Gregg
Votes: 172
45. I Promised to Pay (1961)
94 min | Crime, Drama
A gang plans to steal a factory's wages, but an armored van foils them. They rob anyway, killing the driver. His vengeful wife and encroaching police make the gang betray each other.
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, Billie Whitelaw, William Lucas
Votes: 894
46. The Fourth Square (1961)
57 min | Drama
The Police investigate a theft of emerald jewelry which had led to a murder.
Director: Allan Davis | Stars: Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry, Delphi Lawrence, Paul Daneman
Votes: 98
47. The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
57 min | Crime, Drama
Two young thugs rob a bookie leaving a dog-racing track with his winnings, but when they grab his case full of money they discover that he has chained it to his wrist. They dash around town... See full summary »
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Derren Nesbitt, Keith Faulkner, Carol White, Harry Locke
Votes: 191
48. The Frightened City (1961)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.
Director: John Lemont | Stars: Herbert Lom, Sean Connery, John Gregson, Alfred Marks
Votes: 1,119
49. Man at the Carlton Tower (1961)
57 min | Mystery
When a hotel becomes the scene of a murder and robbery, investigators take to the streets in pursuit of the suspect.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Maxine Audley, Lee Montague, Allan Cuthbertson, Terence Alexander
Votes: 37
50. Information Received (1961)
77 min | Crime, Drama
They set a trap for each other... from which only one could escape!
Director: Robert Lynn | Stars: Sabine Sesselmann, William Sylvester, Hermione Baddeley, Edward Underdown
Votes: 62
51. Jungle Street Girls (1960)
82 min | Crime, Drama
Terry Collins mugs an old man, who subsequently dies. Joe Lucas finds out about it and blackmails him, threatening to turn him in to the police if he doesn't give him money. Terry then ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Jill Ireland, David McCallum, Kenneth Cope, Brian Weske
Votes: 188
52. Pit of Darkness (1961)
76 min | Crime, Thriller
Richard Logan, a safe maker, wakes up with amnesia after being found unconscious. A detective hired by his wife was murdered. A safe his firm installed was robbed. Logan teams up with his wife to uncover the truth behind these events.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: William Franklyn, Moira Redmond, Bruno Barnabe, Leonard Sachs
Votes: 281
53. Man Detained (1961)
59 min | Drama, Mystery
A petty burglar sets a chain of events in motion when he steals some bullion that the owner hasn't declared to the authorities.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Bernard Archard, Elvi Hale, Paul Stassino, Michael Coles
Votes: 81
54. Enter Inspector Duval (1961)
64 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Duval comes to London to help crack the case of a socialite murdered during a jewel heist.
Director: Max Varnel | Stars: Anton Diffring, Diane Hart, Mark Singleton, Charles Mitchell
Votes: 70
55. Never Back Losers (1961)
61 min | Drama
Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine inquires into the "accident" ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Jack Hedley, Jacqueline Ellis, Patrick Magee, Richard Warner
Votes: 119
56. Cash on Demand (1961)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.
Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Richard Vernon, Norman Bird
Votes: 2,885
57. Bomb in the High Street (1963)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
An English town is evacuated when an old German WW2 bomb is found. A bomb squad is called in to disarm it but the men have their own agenda. A runaway teen couple stumble on their activities. 60 minute British programmer.
Directors: Peter Bezencenet, Terry Bishop | Stars: Ronald Howard, Terry Palmer, Suzanna Leigh, Jack Allen
Votes: 24
58. Freedom to Die (1961)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Craig Owen is an incarcerated criminal whose cellmate holds the secret to the valuable contents within a safe deposit box.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Paul Maxwell, Felicity Young, Bruce Seton, Kay Callard
Votes: 122
59. Crosstrap (1962)
61 min | Crime, Drama
In this thriller, two gangs of jewel thieves battle it out in a deserted cottage. Murder ensues when the owners of the cabin show up. Listed as lost by the BFI.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Laurence Payne, Jill Adams, Zena Marshall, Gary Cockrell
Votes: 132
60. The Devil's Daffodil (1961)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, William Lucas, Sabine Sesselmann, Penelope Horner
Votes: 637
61. Ambush in Leopard Street (1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A retired thief plans a diamond heist, but faces trouble when he hires outside help to execute his plan.
Director: J. Henry Piperno | Stars: James Kenney, Michael Brennan, Bruce Seton, Norman Rodway
Votes: 161
62. A Prize of Arms (1962)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama
A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Stanley Baker, Helmut Schmid, Tom Bell, John Phillips
Votes: 414
63. The Share Out (1962)
61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Bernard Lee, Alexander Knox, Moira Redmond, William Russell
Votes: 80
64. The Break (1962)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dangerous prisoner, Jacko Thomas, overpowers his police guard and jumps from a speeding train in the Dartmoor countryside. In the ensuing fight Jacko kills the guard and makes his way to ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Tony Britton, William Lucas, Eddie Byrne, Robert Urquhart
Votes: 155
65. Murder Can Be Deadly (1962)
60 min | Thriller
Two con artists plan a final scam. It goes wrong when one is murdered in the other's apartment. She gets a student to hide the body but he's caught. His friends look for her to clear his name but they're seized by the killer.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Liz Fraser, Kenneth Griffith, Peter Reynolds, Tony Wickert
Votes: 208
66. Number Six (1962)
59 min | Drama
The police have never been able to charge Mr Valentine but that doesn't mean he is a honest man. A policeman sets out to finally bring him to justice.....
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Ivan Desny, Nadja Regin, Michael Goodliffe, Brian Bedford
Votes: 59
67. Jailbreak (1962)
62 min | Crime, Drama
A family of burglars and safecrackers plan a heist at a jewelry store. When one of the family--who is the safecracking expert--gets arrested and jailed, they hatch a plan to break him out so he can take part in the robbery.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Peter Reynolds, Avice Landone, David Kernan, Carol White
Votes: 102
68. Strongroom (1962)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bank robbery goes awry, manager and cashier locked in vault. Robbers return after failed rescue attempt, race against time to free hostages before police arrive.
Director: Vernon Sewell | Stars: Colin Gordon, John Chappell, Ann Lynn, Derren Nesbitt
Votes: 633
69. Night Without Pity (1961)
56 min | Crime
Director: Theodore Zichy | Stars: Sarah Lawson, Neil McCallum, Alan Edwards, Dorinda Stevens
70. Gang War (1962)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama, Crime
During the early 60s, a Chicago mobster and a Londoner try to get involved in a jukebox racket.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Sean Kelly, Eira Heath, David Davies, Sean Sullivan
Votes: 32
71. Time to Remember (1962)
58 min | Drama
A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured.
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Yvonne Monlaur, Harry H. Corbett, Robert Rietty, Ernest Clark
Votes: 95
72. Danger on My Side (1962)
63 min | Crime, Drama
With the help of the Metropolitan Police, a girl starts to track down the gang who had her detective brother killed by a speeding car. The trail leads to Nicky's club in Soho and to diamond smuggling.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Anthony Oliver, Maureen Connell, Alan Tilvern, Bill Nagy
Votes: 159
73. Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
80 min | Thriller
It's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: John Gregson, Alec Clunes, Robert Shaw, Helen Cherry
Votes: 458
74. A Guy Called Caesar (1962)
62 min | Crime, Drama
An undercover detective desires a villain's daughter.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Conrad Phillips, George Moon, Philip O'Flynn, Maureen Toal
Votes: 11
75. The Primitives (1962)
70 min | Crime, Drama
A group of entertainers supplement their income by being international jewel thieves.
Director: Alfred Travers | Stars: Jan Holden, Bill Edwards, George Mikell, Derek Ware
Votes: 56
76. K.I.L. 1 (1962)
71 min | Crime, Drama
A scrap dealer is making a profit out of wrecked cars, but trouble starts when one of his men demands more money.
Director: Arnold L. Miller | Stars: Ronald Howard, Jess Conrad, Melody O'Brian, Peter Gray
77. Touch of Death (1961)
58 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: William Lucas, David Sumner, Ray Barrett, Jan Waters
Votes: 13
78. The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
107 min | Drama
The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens, Wilfrid Brambell
Votes: 561
79. The Set Up (1963)
58 min | Drama
Arthur Payne, recently out of prison, meets a stranger on a train and explains his situation. A few days later another stranger makes a curious proposition. Arthur should participate in a ... See full summary »
Director: Gerard Glaister | Stars: Maurice Denham, John Carson, Maria Corvin, Brian Peck
Votes: 75
80. Incident at Midnight (1963)
56 min | Crime, Drama
In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the gang leader.
Director: Norman Harrison | Stars: Anton Diffring, William Sylvester, Justine Lord, Martin Miller
Votes: 73
81. Calculated Risk (1963)
Not Rated | 72 min | Crime, Drama
Crooks plan a bank heist by digging through a basement of a neighbouring house.
Director: Norman Harrison | Stars: William Lucas, John Rutland, Dilys Watling, Shay Gorman
Votes: 191
82. Impact (1963)
61 min | Thriller
Crime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans his revenge.
Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Conrad Phillips, George Pastell, Ballard Berkeley, Linda Marlowe
Votes: 173
83. On the Run (1963)
59 min | Drama, Mystery
Model prisoner Frank Stewart, convicted for burglary, escapes from prison with the help of Jock Mackay, an associates for his boss Wally Lucas, who plans to track down Stewart to know the location of stolen bonds.
Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Emrys Jones, Sarah Lawson, Patrick Barr, Delphi Lawrence
Votes: 68
84. The Switch (1963)
69 min | Crime, Drama
The villains are members of a wristwatch-smuggling gang. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the girl.
Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Anthony Steel, Zena Marshall, Conrad Phillips, Dermot Walsh
Votes: 126
85. The Rivals (1963)
56 min | Drama
A pair of hoodlums steal a car in which there is a note - a ransom letter - directed to a wealthy man whose daughter has just been kidnapped. The two gangsters stole the abductor's car and ... See full summary »
Director: Max Varnel | Stars: Jack Gwillim, Erica Rogers, Brian Smith, Tony Garnett
Votes: 66
86. The Marked One (1963)
65 min | Crime, Drama
Villain's kidnap a man's daughter in order to get hold of forgery plates which they believe to be in his possession.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: William Lucas, Zena Walker, Patrick Jordan, Laurie Leigh
Votes: 122
87. The Model Murder Case (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a beautiful girl is murdered, Inspector Birkett finds that she had some famous friends who don't want publicity.
Director: Michael Truman | Stars: Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Margaret Johnston, Natasha Parry
Votes: 343
88. A Place to Go (1963)
86 min | Crime, Drama
A young man employed by a cigarette factory is tired of his working class status and joins a gang planning to rob the factory warehouse.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Rita Tushingham, Michael Sarne, Bernard Lee, Doris Hare
Votes: 310
89. Underworld Informers (1963)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Johnnoe is investigating a string of bank robberies but the robbers are determined to compromise Johnnoe and the investigation.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Katherine Woodville, Colin Blakely
Votes: 447
90. Panic (1963)
Not Rated | 69 min | Crime, Drama
A London jewelry exchange is robbed. The exchange owner is shot, and his secretary knocked out. When she comes to, she finds herself with a dead boss and no memory.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Janine Gray, Glyn Houston, Dyson Lovell, Duncan Lamont
Votes: 97
91. Five to One (1963)
54 min | Drama
lan Roper tells Bookie Larry Hart that he is planning to steal £60,000 and Hart offers to launder the money for him. What Hart doesn't know is that it is actually his money Roper intends to steal.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Lee Montague, Ingrid Hafner, John Thaw, Brian McDermott
Votes: 73
92. The Hi-Jackers (1963)
69 min | Crime, Drama
1963. Drama. Directed by Jim O'Connolly. Starring Anthony Booth & Jacqueline Ellis. A lorry driver meets Shirley at a cafe and offers her a lift. His truck carrying valuable whiskey is later hijacked.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Anthony Booth, Jacqueline Ellis, Derek Francis, Patrick Cargill
Votes: 234
93. Escape by Night (1963)
75 min | Crime, Drama
A prisoner transport bus hijacked to free one inmate. Other prisoners locked in petrol-soaked barn, warned not to escape. Police find freed prisoner dead in crash, race to find bus and prisoners before barn catches fire.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Terence Longdon, Jennifer Jayne, Harry Fowler, Peter Sallis
Votes: 251
94. Act of Murder (1964)
62 min | Crime, Drama
A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: John Carson, Anthony Bate, Justine Lord, Duncan Lewis
Votes: 86
95. Face of a Stranger (1964)
53 min | Drama, Mystery
In prison, two inmates are getting out soon. One, soon getting out, has been sent up for a heist of several thousand pounds, still not recovered. The other, getting out before him, pumps ... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Jeremy Kemp, Bernard Archard, Rosemary Leach, Philip Locke
Votes: 64
96. The Main Chance (1964)
61 min | Drama
A wealthy young layabout tries to double cross the master-crook who has engaged him to do a job.
Director: John Knight | Stars: Grégoire Aslan, Tracy Reed, Edward de Souza, Stanley Meadows
Votes: 69
97. Das Verrätertor (1964)
80 min | Crime, Drama
A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger, Catherine Schell
Votes: 418
98. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier, Martita Hunt
Votes: 10,235
99. He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Peter Rayston (Tom Bell), has been in and out of prison most of his life. At thirty-years-old, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. Immediately, ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Tom Bell, Judi Dench, Paul Rogers, Kay Walsh
Votes: 110
100. Kaleidoscope (1966)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
Romantic comedy which has Barney Lincoln and Angel McGinnis as a pair of amorous adventurers in the gambling places of London and the Riviera. Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Warren Beatty, Susannah York, Clive Revill, Eric Porter
Votes: 905
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