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Strongroom( 1962)

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Twelve minutes to live... or die!

Overview

During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks escape. Later, when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair has gone wrong, they return to the bank to try and release them before the police turn up.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Colin Gordon

      Mr. Spencer

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      John Chappell

      John Musgrove

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      Ann Lynn

      Rose Taylor

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      Derren Nesbitt

      Griff

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      Keith Faulkner

      Len

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      William Morgan Sheppard

      Alec (as Morgan Sheppard)

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      Hilda Fenemore

      Charlady

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      Diana Chesney

      Charlady

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      Ian Colin

      Creighton

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      Pamela Conway

      Secretary

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      Colin Tapley

      Haynes

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      Kevin Stoney

      Police Sergeant

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      Duncan Lewis

      Mortuary Attendant

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      John Dearth

      Police Sergeant Hopkins

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      Lockwood West

      Police Inspector

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sat May 24 2014
    Superior British "B" Noir. Strongroom is directed by Vernon Sewell and written by Max Marquis and Richard Harris. It stars Derren Nesbit, Colin Gordon, Ann Lynn, Keith Faulkner and W. Morgan Sheppard. Music is by Johnny Gregory and cinematography by Basil Emmott. Three men enact a bank robbery and lock up the manager and his secretary in the vault. Upon making their getaway it dawns on them that the two in the vault could die from lack of oxygen and thus landing them as murderers should they be caught... Every once in a while a "quota quickie" or "B" crime movie really strides out on i...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • robbery
    • gangster
    • vault
    • claustrophobia
    • heist
    • bank vault
    • bank heist