Payroll poster

Payroll( 1961)

TV-MACrimeDrama
67%
User
Score

Brilliant... Brutal... Torn from tonight's headlines!

Overview

A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry the cash. The gang still go ahead with the robbery, but when the driver of the armoured van is killed in the raid, his wife plans revenge, and with the police closing in, the gang start to turn on each other.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Michael Craig

      Johnny Mellors

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      Françoise Prévost

      Katie Pearson

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      Billie Whitelaw

      Jackie Parker

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      William Lucas

      Dennis Pearson

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      Kenneth Griffith

      Monty

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      Tom Bell

      Blackie

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      Barry Keegan

      Bert Langridge

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      Edward Cast

      Detective Sergeant Bradden

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      Andrew Faulds

      Detective Inspector Carberry

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      William Dexter

      Harry Parker

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      Glyn Houston

      Frank Moore

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      Joan Rice

      Madge Moore

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      Vanda Godsell

      Doll

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      Stanley Meadows

      Bowen

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      Hugh Morton

      Mr. John

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      Keith Faulkner

      Alf

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      Bruce Beeby

      Worth

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      Murray Evans

      Billy

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      Kevin Bennett

      Archie Murdock

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      Pauline Shepherd

      Secretary

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      Meadows White

      Strange

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      Mary Laura Wood

      Mrs. Murdock

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      Brian McDermott

      Brent

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      Paddi Edwards

      Beryl

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      Anthony Bate

      Detective (uncredited)

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      Anita Sharp-Bolster

      Landlady (uncredited)

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      Terence Soall

      (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Nov 07 2022
    Michael Craig is surprisingly effective in this British crime drama. He leads a nasty gang of hoodlums bent own robbing the poorly guarded payroll of a factory. Poorly guarded, that is, until - much to the gang's chagrin - they upgrade the protection to an armoured van. Determined to proceed, though, and after a nervous series of roadwork setbacks, they hit the van, steal the loot and the driver is killed. The widow - "Katie" (a solid performance from Françoise Prévost) is not for giving up, and agreeing with the police that the criminals must have had a man on the inside, she begins an investi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • factory
    • robbery
    • northern england
    • ambush
    • deceit
    • neo-noir