The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He needs her help and that of her philandering spendthrift husband. It all comes down to a matter of trust.
Acting
Stanley Baker's simmering restraint against David Warner's chaotic aristocrat energy.
Writing
Triple-cross structure where every alliance has an expiration date.
Director
Peter Hall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the twilight of swinging London, it captures that precise moment when sexual liberation met capitalist cynicism.
Peter Hall was primarily a celebrated stage director; this was his attempt to bring theatrical tension-craft to the heist genre.
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