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12 October 1962 (West Germany)
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Good thriller with some nice twists.
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(Credited cast)| Stanley Baker | ... | Turpin | |
| Helmut Schmid | ... | Swavek | |
| Tom Bell | ... | Fenner | |
| John Phillips | ... | Col. Fowler | |
| Patrick Magee | ... | RSM Hicks | |
| John Westbrook | ... | Capt. Stafford | |
| Kenneth MacKintosh | ... | Capt. Nicholson | |
| Jack May | ... | MO | |
| Frank Gatliff | ... | Maj. Palmer | |
| Michael Ripper | ... | Cpl. Freeman | |
| Rio Fanning | |||
| John Rees | ... | Sgt. Jones | |
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| Tom Adams | ... | Cpl. Glenn | |
| Anthony Bate | ... | Sgt. Reeves | |
| Rodney Bewes | ... | Pvt. Maynard | |
| Richard Bidlake | ... | Lt. Waddington | |
| Douglas Blackwell | ... | Day | |
| Mark Burns | ... | Lt. Ellison | |
| Frank Coda | ... | Brodie | |
| Michael Collins | ... | Leigh | |
| David Conville | ... | Capt. James | |
| David Courtney | ... | Lt. Davies | |
| Clifford Cox | ... | RASC Sergeant Major | |
| Glynn Edwards | ... | Breakdown truck crewman | |
| Lynn Furlong | ... | Canteen girl | |
| Barry Keegan | ... | Supt. Cooper | |
| Stephen Lewis | ... | MP corporal (cashier's office) | |
| Fulton Mackay | ... | Cpl. Henderson | |
| William Marlowe | ... | Sgt. Ward | |
| Roddy McMillan | ... | Sgt. McVie | |
| Stanley Meadows | ... | Sgt. White | |
| Garfield Morgan | ... | MP with dog | |
| Geoffrey Palmer | ... | MP motorcycle outrider | |
| Michael Robbins | ... | Orford | |
| Derrick Sherwin | ... | Lt. Sayers | |
| Peter Welch | ... | W O Elsey | |
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First film of Rodney Bewes.
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I was surprised that this film has not yet been reviewed here since it stars a major British talent, the late Sir Stanley Baker.
The film is set against a background of a Suez type military action. The main protagonists including Tom Bell of later Prime Suspect fame, decide this would be a perfect time to rob an army camp where there is lots of cash for the deployment and an overall atmosphere of confusion.
The plan is well thought out and feasible but, inevitably small things start to go wrong. The film is quite gripping and the whole business is resolved in a more than competent fashion.
The screenplay of the movie was co-written by Nicholas Roeg. The version I watched, a PAL disc viewed NTSC ran 102 minutes.