Directed by:
Lewis GilbertCinematography:
Jack AsherComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart, Joan Collins, John Ireland, René Ray, Stanley Baker, Margaret Leighton, Robert Morley, Susan Shaw (more)Plots(1)
Mike (Stanley Baker), an injured and ageing boxer unable to find work, Joe (Richard Basehart) is an out-of-work clerk who needs to get to the United States with his young wife (Joan Collins) to escape her unstable mother (Freda Jackson), Eddie (John Ireland) is an AWOL American airman with an unfaithful wife (Gloria Grahame), and Miles 'Rave' Ravenscroft (Laurence Harvey), a 'gentleman' scoundrel with gambling debts and the man who lures the other three. From director Lewis Gilbert comes this 1954 crime thriller that promises 'Deadly weapons, burning lips, and hot lead!' (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
Laurence Harvey
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The Silent Enemy (1958)
Room at the Top (1959)
Gloria Grahame
USA
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Richard Basehart
USA
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Joan Collins
UK
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John Ireland
Canada
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René Ray
UK
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Stanley Baker
UK
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Margaret Leighton
UK
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Robert Morley
UK
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Susan Shaw
UK
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Lee Patterson
Canada
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Patricia Owens
Canada
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Edward Judd
China
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Marianne Stone
UK
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A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Walter Hudd
UK
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Leslie Dwyer
UK
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George Rose
UK
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Freda Jackson
UK
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Harold Siddons
UK
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Anthony Lang
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