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16 January 1957 (Denmark) moreTagline:
There's a Gun At Your Ribs and Not Enough Gas to Make It to the Next Checkpoint morePlot:
Stanley Baker's character is sent to steal the plans from another company of their racing car designs... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Above average car 'thriller'. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anthony Steel | ... | Bill Fraser |
| Odile Versois | ... | Francesca |
| Stanley Baker | ... | O'Donovan |
| James Robertson Justice | ... | Warren Ingram |
| Maurice Denham | ... | Ted Thornhill |
| Michael Medwin | ... | Ginger |
| Paul Muller | ... | Petersen |
| Lee Patterson | ... | Johnny Carpenter |
| Anne Heywood | ... | Gabriela |
| Anthony Oliver | ... | Michael |
| Philip Gilbert | ... | Eddie |
| MacDonald Hobley | ... | Commentator |
| Robert Rietty | ... | Frontier Guard |
| Andreas Malandrinos | ... | Night Watchman |
| Dino Galvani | ... | Hotel Hall Porter |
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MonoFilming Locations:
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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Rank Films Distributors released this film in the USA on a double bill with The Black Tent (1956). moreFAQ
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With simply stunning scenery which has now been all but destroyed or tamed by modernity, this film is more than a good British film, it is a wonderful tourist film and social documentary. A typically stout performance by JRJ helps the film retain some semblance of realism against a backdrop of lakes and mountains that post war Britain must have forgotten about.
The cars are the undoubted stars of the film, with many classic marques in evidence. They alone can make the hairs stand up on your neck as they go through small villages at (slightly) unbelievable speeds whilst driver and co-driver mange to hold a conversation!! Other performances are up to usual standards for the type of film, and as usual in this type of film, young men are played by ever-so-slightly older ones.
Overall a good film that can help while away a wet afternoon whilst taking you back to the post-war era that didn't really exist.