A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.
Acting
Cushing's trembling breakdown is surgical; Morell's smug predator never blinks.
Direction
Lawrence traps you in that bank like you're handcuffed to the desk too.
Writing
Tightest 80 minutes in British crime cinema—no fat, all nerve.
Director
Quentin Lawrence
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 10 days on a single set for a budget that wouldn't cover one day of a modern blockbuster. Cushing and Morell were Hammer Horror veterans who'd played Holmes and Watson together—here they weaponize that chemistry into antagonism.
This was a 'quota quickie'—British films made fast to satisfy legal requirements for domestic cinema content. Most were disposable. This one outlived its entire production era through sheer malignant craft.
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