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Payroll (1961)

January 19, 1961 (GB) Crime, Drama • 105m

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.

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Top Billed Cast

Crew
George Baxt
George Baxt

Screenplay

Ernest Steward
Ernest Steward

Director of Photography

Reg Owen
Reg Owen

Original Music Composer

Jack Shampan
Jack Shampan

Art Direction

Maude Onslow
Maude Onslow

Hairstylist

Arthur Alcott
Arthur Alcott

Production Supervisor

Geoffrey Haine
Geoffrey Haine

Unit Manager

Clive Reed
Clive Reed

Assistant Director

John W. Mitchell
John W. Mitchell

Sound Recordist

Lionel Selwyn
Lionel Selwyn

Sound Editor

Godfrey A. Godar
Godfrey A. Godar

Camera Operator

Vi Murray
Vi Murray

Wardrobe Master

Nat Cohen
Nat Cohen

Presenter

Gil Kirk
Gil Kirk

Title Designer



Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 7/10

November 7, 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… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

Revenue

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