The Informers (1963)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Ken Annakin

Writers:

Paul Durst (writer)
Alun Falconer (writer)

Release Date:

29 January 1964 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Yard In Big Hunt For Bank Robbers

Plot:

When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies, starts to get too close to the culprits...

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film | Based On Novel

Cast

Nigel Patrick	...	Chief Insp. John Edward Johnnoe
Margaret Whiting	...	Maisie Barton
Katherine Woodville	...	Mary Johnnoe
Colin Blakely	...	Charlie Ruskin
Derren Nesbitt	...	Bertie Hoyle
Harry Andrews	...	Supt. Alec Bestwick
Michael Coles	...	Ben
John Cowley	...	Jim Ruskin
Allan Cuthbertson	...	Smythe
Frank Finlay	...	Leon Sale
Ronald Hines	...	Geoff Lewis
Roy Kinnear	...	Shorty
Peter Prowse	...	Mick Lonergan
George Sewell	...	Fred Hill
Kenneth J. Warren	...	Lou Waites

Also Known As:

The Snout (UK) (working title)
Underworld Informers (USA)

Runtime:

UK:105 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:X (original rating) (cut) | UK:12 (re-rating) (uncut)

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Rank Organisation, The

Another well made police crime drama, along the lines of ‘The Long Arm' and ‘The Blue Lamp.'

Nigel Patrick, that fine under rated actor, plays Chief Inspector Johnnoe, who when he starts to get to close to a London crime boss, who is masterminding a series of bank robberies, is set up with a local gangsters moll, and has money from a recent bank robbery, planted on him. When Patrick is suspended,he has to track down the robbers by himself. Shot in black and white in 1965,around London, Patrick shows what a good actor he was. With good support from Harry Andrews, as Patrick's boss, Frank Finlay, and as the local crook, a good performance from Derren Nesbitt, this story is well worth seeing.