Jackpot
1960 | 71m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Montgomery Tully |
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| Writer: | Montgomery Tully, John Sherman, Maurice J. Wilson |
| Staring: |
| Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. He plans to crack a safe at a club. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1960 |
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| Director: | Montgomery Tully |
| Writer: | Montgomery Tully, John Sherman, Maurice J. Wilson |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
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| Production Companies | Grand National Pictures, Renown Pictures, Eternal Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| William Hartnell | Supt. Frawley |
| Betty McDowall | Kay Stock |
| Eddie Byrne | Sam Hare |
| George Mikell | Carl Stock |
| Michael Ripper | Lenny Lane |
| Victor Brooks | Sgt. Jacks |
| Tim Turner | Peter |
| Ivan Craig | Dinty |
| Howard Lang | George |
| Ian Fleming | |
| Sylvia Davies | Sally |
| Frank Forsyth | Desk Sergeant |
| Brian Phelan | Taffy |
| Michael Collins | Detective at Jackpot Club (uncredited) |
| Dan Cressey | Telephone Engineer (uncredited) |
| Garard Green | Detective Briggs (uncredited) |
| Charles Lamb | Snack Bar Customer (uncredited) |
| Stanley Meadows | Police Intelligence Officer on Radio (uncredited) |
| Jack Sharp | Arsenal Supporter Watching Match (uncredited) |
| Richard Shaw | Sam Hare's driver (uncredited) |
| Pauline Shepherd | (uncredited) |
| George Spence | Man in Tube Station (uncredited) |
| Robert Vossler | Policeman Arresting Hare's Driver (uncredited) |
| Joe Wadham | Detective (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Montgomery Tully | Director, Screenplay |
| George Claff | Makeup Artist |
| Walter J. Harvey | Lighting Camera |
| Barbara Barnard | Hairdresser |
| Jacques de Lane Lea | Production Manager |
| Bert Pearl | First Assistant Director |
| Claude Hitchcock | Sound Recordist |
| Gus Drisse | Camera Operator |
| Evelyn Gibbs | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Philip Martell | Music Director |
| Yvonne Richards | Continuity |
| John Sherman | Story |
| Maurice J. Wilson | Screenplay |
| Don Banks | Music |
| Jim Connock | Editor |
| John Earl | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
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| Maurice J. Wilson | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Carl Stock, a foreigner and an ex-convict has illegally returned to London. He is upset to discover his wife has moved on and does not want him back. Carl plans to crack a safe in 'The Jackpot Club'. He enlists the help of former safecracker Lenny Lane who now runs a coffee shop. They rob the ... club of £6,000 but shoot a policeman dead while making their getaway. Both the police and the club owner try to track them down. This is a low key crime thriller and a rarely seen one. It features William Hartnell playing the detective trying to catch the bad guys. He usually played military types or low rent villains until he got cast in Doctor Who. The print quality of the film is not very good, but it is a pleasant and cheaply made B movie.
George Mikell ("Stock") takes the fall for a London gangster and when he gets out of prison after over a year of hard labour, returns to Eddie Byrne ("Sam Hare") to get his share. Nothing doing, so he determines to team up with a former safe-cracking friend and help himself to the £6,000 in his safe ... at the "Jackpot Club". They are successful but as they escape, they kill a vigilant police constable. The police and the gangster are now both on the trail of the robbers. It's quite a decent crime thriller; a few twists and turns though also some pretty obvious plot holes. Michael Ripper is quite convincing as the cowardly safe cracker "Lenny"; William Hartnell is also good as ("Supt. Frawley") as is Betty McDowell as the estranged wife who has long since found a new beau. Nothing new, but it's an engaging low-budget Monty Tully effort.