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| Director: | Lance Comfort |
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| Writer: | James Kelley, Peter Miller |
| Staring: |
| A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 23, 1963 |
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| Director: | Lance Comfort |
| Writer: | James Kelley, Peter Miller |
| Genres: | Thriller |
| Keywords | bomb, race against time |
| Production Companies | Mancunian Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 28, 2025 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John Gregson | Inspector Parnell |
| Alec Clunes | Anthony Chester |
| Robert Shaw | Marlowe |
| Helen Cherry | Robbie |
| Betty McDowall | Maggie Parnell |
| William Hartnell | Freddie Maddox |
| Harry Fowler | Smiley |
| Alan Wheatley | Assistant Commissioner Bewley |
| Kenneth Cope | Sergeant Grey |
| Ernest Clark | Police Doctor |
| Noel Howlett | Brain Specialist |
| Renée Houston | Masie Maddox |
| Piers Bishop | Jonathan Chester |
| Frank Hawkins | Mr. Tamplin |
| Ray Smith | Mr. Briggs |
| Christopher Ellis | Christopher Parnell |
| John Dunbar | Sgt. Henry |
| Edward Rees | Desk Sergeant |
| Robert Hunter | Desk Sergeant |
| Anthony Ashdown | Constable Jackson |
| Alan Curtis | Inspector |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| James Kelley | Screenplay, Original Story |
| Basil Emmott | Director of Photography |
| Jack Shampan | Art Direction |
| Bernie Fenton | Original Music Composer |
| Peter Miller | Screenplay, Original Story |
| Peter Armston | Makeup Artist |
| John Trumper | Editor |
| Lance Comfort | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Tom Blakeley | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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A surprisingly engaging feature sees John Gregson as a detective ("Insp. Parnell") brought into investigate the kidnap of the son of the wealthy "Chester" (Alec Clunes). Interestingly the kidnapper "Marlow" (Robert Shaw) has locked the child into an attic room in an unknown London address then gone ... to the man's home to demand the ransom in person - so we know all the characters from the start. Midway through, he there is an altercation and suffice to say the policeman has to try and track down the child from scratch. It's quite suspenseful, and the tight-knit cast keep the story moving well with quite a degree of jeopardy building, too.