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Director:
John Lemont
Writers:
John Lemont (story)
Leigh Vance (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 July 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
A city terrorised by its own evil!
User Comments:
A pretty cool attempt at Brit Noir. Connery is terrific, Lom even better. more

Cast

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Herbert Lom ... Waldo Zhernikov
John Gregson ... Sayers

Sean Connery ... Paddy Damion
Alfred Marks ... Harry Foulcher
Yvonne Romain ... Anya
Olive McFarland ... Sadie
Frederick Piper ... Ogle
John Stone ... Hood
David Davies ... Alf Peters
Tom Bowman ... Tanky Thomas
Robert Cawdron ... Hood
George Pastell ... Sanchetti
Patrick Holt ... Superintendant Carter
Sheena Marshe ... Averil
Patrick Jordan ... Frankie Farmer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1990)

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
A pretty cool attempt at Brit Noir. Connery is terrific, Lom even better., 5 April 2004
Author: Infofreak from Perth, Australia

'The Frightened City' is an interesting crime drama set in a pre-Beatles England featuring a strong performance from Sean Connery, the year before he became a movie legend as James Bond. Connery plays Paddy Damion a thief who is recruited by a mobster (Alfred Marks) to oversee his money collection. Paddy is no thug but takes the job because his partner (Kenneth Griffith) has been injured in a robbery and he feels obligated to support him. Marks is actually the puppet of criminal mastermind Zhernikov (Herbert Lom), who has the image of a respectable businessman, but is in fact manipulating the local mobsters for his own ends. Add to this mix the beautiful Anya (Yvonne Romain), wanna be singer and Zhernikov's mistress, who Paddy immediately takes a shine to, and Sayers (John Gregson) the dedicated cop trying to crack open organized crime and you've got yourself a pretty cool attempt at Brit Noir. Connery is terrific, Lom even better and I enjoyed seeing Kenneth Griffith and Yvonne Romain again after their supporting roles in the classic shocker 'Circus Of Horrors' starring Anton Diffring. 'The Frightened City' is worth a look.

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