Directed by:
Basil DeardenScreenplay:
T.E.B. ClarkeCinematography:
Gordon DinesCast:
Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng, Bernard Lee, Frederick Piper, Glynis Johns, Anthony Steel, Cameron Hall, Jennifer Jayne, Bruce Seton (more)Plots(1)
The apprehension of a cop killer, with a classic performance from Bogarde and an excruciating car chase, borrowing a page from Hitchcock. Very neat all around. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Jack Warner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/819/159819165_083634.jpg)
Jack Warner
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
![Jimmy Hanley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/856/160856411_4d97c7.jpg)
Jimmy Hanley
UK
Best movies:
![Dirk Bogarde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/564/164564138_93b4cf.jpg)
Dirk Bogarde
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
Un pont trop loin (1977)
The Damned (1969)
![Robert Flemyng](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099475_7a5da2.jpg)
Robert Flemyng
UK
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
![Bernard Lee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269477_c1036f.jpg)
Bernard Lee
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Third Man (1949)
Father Brown (1954)
![Frederick Piper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505327_68e88a.jpg)
Frederick Piper
UK
Best movies:
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Woman Alone (1936)
![Glynis Johns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270267_c30eab.jpg)
Glynis Johns
South Africa
Best movies:
The Great Manhunt (1950)
Mary Poppins (1964)
The Court Jester (1955)
![Anthony Steel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272386_94b157.jpg)
Anthony Steel
UK
Best movies:
I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill (1974) (TV movie)
Winnetou: Last of the Renegades (1964)
Massacre in Rome (1973)
Cameron Hall
UK
Best movies:
The Citadel (1938)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
San Demetrio, London (1943)
![Jennifer Jayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/439/160439221_3f4f8b.jpg)
Jennifer Jayne
UK
Best movies:
The Medusa Touch (1978)
The Jigsaw Man (1983)
The Blue Lamp (1950)
![Bruce Seton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/856/160856560_7ba471.jpg)
Bruce Seton
India
Best movies:
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Doctor in the House (1954)
![William Mervyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477594_e7678f.jpg)
William Mervyn
Kenya
Best movies:
Murder Ahoy (1964)
Hot Millions (1968)
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
Tessie O'Shea
UK
Best movies:
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
The Blue Lamp (1950)
Meredith Edwards
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
![Glyn Houston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/475/161475565_64907a.jpg)
Glyn Houston
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The One That Got Away (1957)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
![Charles Saynor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/391/161391703_e640f4.jpg)
Charles Saynor
Best movies:
An Inspector Calls (1954)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Look Back in Anger (1958)
![Clive Morton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/436/161436434_798dee.jpg)
Clive Morton
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Richard III (1955)
Muriel Aked
UK
Best movies:
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Blue Lamp (1950)
Boy Wonder (2010)
![Sam Kydd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/528/161528723_096172.jpg)
Sam Kydd
UK
Best movies:
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Gladys Henson
Ireland
Best movies:
A Night to Remember (1958)
Follow Me! (1972)
First Men in the Moon (1964)