The Safecracker (1958)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Ray Milland	...	Colley Dawson
	Barry Jones	...	Bennett Carfield
	Jeanette Sterke	...	Irene
	Victor Maddern	...	Morris
	Ernest Clark	...	Major Adbury
	Cyril Raymond	...	Inspector Frankham
	Melissa Stribling	...	Angela
	Percy Herbert	...	Sergeant Harper
	Barbara Everest	...	Mrs. Dawson
	Anthony Nicholls	...	General Prior
	David Horne	...	Herbert Fenwright
	Colin Gordon	...	Dakers
	Clive Morton	...	Sir George Turvey
	John Welsh	...	Inspector Owing
	Pamela Stirling	...	Belgian Messenger

Storyline

An honest expert on locks, Colley Dawson turns safe-cracker after he meets Benny Carfield, unscrupulous dealer in antiques; Dawson steals the goods and Carfield disposes of them, and the resulting profits enable Dawson to lead a double life with small-part film actress Vi. Scotland Yard catches up with him and Dawson is sentenced to ten years in prison. Two years later, in 1940, England is at war with Germany, and the War Office, planning a raid on a German-occupied château in Belgium, is looking for a man who can crack a difficult safe so that the contents, containing lists of Nazi agents in Britain, can be photographed without leaving a trace of the operation. Dawson, in exchange for the eight years of prison awaiting him, agrees to do the job. He, of course, also gets involved with the daughter, Irene, of the local resistance leader. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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