"A Stark Drama Filmed Against the Turbulent FIERY Background of Steel"

1958

1h 30m

7.4(15 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Diana Dors

Calico

George Baker

Johnny Mansell

Terence Morgan

Dave Mansell

Patrick Allen

Paddy Ryan

Jane Griffiths

Sylvia

Thomas Heathcote

Sgt. Lamb

Russell Napier

Potter

Norman MacOwan

Danny

Maureen Delaney

Mrs. Finnegan

Wilfrid Lawson

Holroyd

Creative team

Directed by: Gordon Parry
Written by: Denis O'Dell
George Minter
Produced by: Denis O'Dell

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