British Crime Cinema 1960's
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- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsGordon JacksonJune ThorburnMaya KoumaniRoger Fenton has been released from prison and started to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.
- DirectorJohn LemontStarsTerence MorganHazel CourtDonald PleasenceAfter being released from prison, Augie Cortona sets up a blackmail operation, fronted by a model agency. When the authorities get wind of his activities, they send in an undercover police woman, but when she is recognised, the police need to move in on the operation, before Cortona can take his revenge.
- DirectorLaslo BenedekStarsTrevor HowardDorothy DandridgeEdmund PurdomA jewel thief pulls off a big heist, stabs his partner-in-crime in the back, dumps his girlfriend and goes on the run with the loot. The ex-partner and the girlfriend team up to go after him.
- DirectorVal GuestStarsStanley BakerJohn CrawfordDonald PleasenceIn Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsJayne MansfieldAnthony QuayleCarl MöhnerA gang leader dumps her criminal boyfriend when he is convicted of robbery, but he recovers the stolen loot once he's released. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps his son and demands the money as ransom.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsWilliam HartnellBetty McDowallEddie ByrneA safe in 'The Jackpot Club' is robbed of £6,000. The police and the owner of the club want to track down the safecracker, but for very different reasons.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsJack HawkinsNigel PatrickRoger LiveseyA disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsWilliam LucasAndrew FauldsColette Wilde
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsRichard ToddPeter SellersElizabeth SellarsA cosmetic salesman sets out to prove to himself and his wife that he is not a failure.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsVincent BallBetty McDowallJohn Le MesurierMike Billings decides to give gambling a go and it happens he's good at it. His instant fortune attracts quite a number of characters including a con artist, a hired killer, and the requisite attractive woman.
- DirectorHenry CassStarsEric PohlmannPeter ReynoldsPat ClavinMelodrama, dealing with safe-breakers and gang warfare.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsTerence MorganYôko TaniJohn CrawfordIn London, a wealthy playboy, an American adventurer, a small-time thief and a retired safe-cracker team-up to rob a foreign embassy's safe by digging a tunnel from the London Underground into the embassy's cellar.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsStanley BakerSam WanamakerGrégoire AslanIn the UK, after pulling a racetrack robbery, repeat offender Johnny Bannion hides the loot in a farmer's field but the police and the local mob come looking for Johnny and the money.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsJayne MansfieldLeo GennKarlheinz BöhmA French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a famous club.
- DirectorGerry AndersonStarsMiriam KarlinGeorge MurcellDavid GrahamPC Don Ross suspects that a gang of lorry hijackers, operating from a transport café, is behind a series of vehicle thefts. When his suspicions are dismissed by his superiors, Ross decides to conduct his own undercover investigation, and sets out to collect vital evidence that could convict the gang..
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsSpencer TeakleFelicity YoungMartin BensonA locksmith's first heist goes awry when his partner is killed by rival thieves after the theft. Betrayed by his girlfriend, he hides with the loot in a flat above a club, wary of its untrustworthy tenants while evading cops and crooks.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsHarry H. CorbettJohn CairneyJohn Van EyssenAn escaped convict discovers his girlfriend has married the detective who arrested him.
- DirectorBryan ForbesStarsMichael CaineGiovanna RalliEric PortmanCat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices, the Moreaus, attempt to steal diamonds from the château of millionaire Salinas. However, Henry's partners in crime aren't the most emotionally stable people.
- DirectorJohn AinsworthBernard KnowlesStarsMartine CarolAnthony SteelJames Robertson JusticeOn the run from the police, a female thief and her band of robbers take refuge on a desert island where they discover a mansion inhabited by a family whom they take hostage. One of the robbers falls for the couple's daughter.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsTerence StampCarol WhiteJohn BindonA young woman lives a life full of bad choices. At a young age she has a baby by an abusive thief who quickly lands in prison. When her son goes missing, she gets to grips with what is most important to her.
- DirectorGerry O'HaraStarsGene BarryElsa MartinelliLeslie PhillipsThe lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.
- DirectorFrederic GoodeStarsMark BurnsShaun CurryWilliam DexterAn undercover agent is sent to investigate dope smuggling on a sun-drenched Mediterranean island. When both of his principal subjects die in mysterious reasons, he soon finds that he is also involved in a murder investigation.
- DirectorWerner JacobsJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsChristopher LeeLeo GennAnthony NewlandsA circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
- DirectorPeter BezencenetStarsLex BarkerMickey RooneyMichael MedwinThe crew of an airplane forced to spend 24 hours in Beirut get in trouble with a smuggling gang.
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsRobert HuttonReginald MarshUrsula HowellsAn aide at the American Embassy in London finds himself involved with both Scotland Yard and the French police over the kidnapping of the son of a Mafia boss who has spilled the beans back in the States.
- DirectorJames NeilsonStarsHayley MillsEli WallachPola NegriA teenager encounters romance, intrigue and a search for stolen jewels during her visit to the island of Crete.
- DirectorGordon HalesStarsNigel DavenportYvonne RomainGeoffrey KeenA fraudster is arrested for stealing a large sum of money from his partners. When he learns that a particularly brilliant barrister will lead the prosecution against him he sets out to undermine the credibility of the barrister.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsGeorge SandersRichard JohnsonFaten HamamahAn assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum.
- DirectorJ. Henry PipernoStarsGeorge MoonLarry MartynApril Wilding
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsJeannie CarsonAlan DobieDelphi LawrenceAn ex-con goes looking for his late cellmate's hidden loot.
- DirectorPaul AlmondStarsAlfred BurkeZena MarshallOliver JohnstonArson is the only way out for a failing cosmetics company.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsNora NicholsonDiana ChesneyRichard McNeffThe manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.
- DirectorRoyston MorleyStarsDerek FarrTony WrightRichard PearsonA wealthy business man fires one of his employees and becomes the victim of murder attempt. The fired man becomes the prime suspect, but it appears that he himself has been murdered.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsStewart GrangerBernard LeeHaya HarareetA wealthy London-based shipping magnate is blackmailed by an evil dentist which threatens to reveal an old case of fraud, while the dentist himself is threatened by a mysterious masked man.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsVirginia McKennaBill TraversPatrick McGoohanIn Sweden, a post-office employee who survives a deadly armed robbery is accused of cowardice by society and is torn by conflicting feelings.
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsPete MurrayJune ThorburnMalou Pantera
- DirectorGodfrey GraysonStarsJill IrelandEllen PollockJohn CharlesworthA young girl is framed for a robbery, and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsHazel CourtJohn CrawfordLisa DanielyMarjorie Stedman (Hazel Court) investigates the disappearance of a man whom had fraudulently obtained a high-price diamond.
- DirectorFrank MarshallStarsVincent BallWendy WilliamsHilda FenemoreA dangerous drug-smuggling case becomes even more dangerous when an investigating lawyer discovers that the individual behind the operation is a police probation officer.
- DirectorRamsey HerringtonStarsBeth RoganRonald HowardJohn GabrielAn ex-con-turned-engineer is blackmailed into taking part in a jewel heist.
- DirectorCliff OwenStarsWilliam SylvesterMai ZetterlingJohn MeillonWhen Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsJess ConradHermione BaddeleyKenneth GriffithCarol flees to London from her alcoholic stepfather, but runs into a rough crowd in her new home.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsMichael CraigFrançoise PrévostBillie WhitelawA gang plans to steal a factory's wages, but an armored van foils them. They rob anyway, killing the driver. His vengeful wife and encroaching police make the gang betray each other.
- DirectorAllan DavisStarsConrad PhillipsNatasha ParryDelphi LawrenceThe Police investigate a theft of emerald jewelry which had led to a murder.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsDerren NesbittKeith FaulknerCarol WhiteTwo young thugs rob a bookie leaving a dog-racing track with his winnings, but when they grab his case full of money they discover that he has chained it to his wrist. They dash around town trying to find a way to separate the case from the wrist of the bookie, who the pair has by now beaten so badly he appears to be dead. They finally come up with what they think is a foolproof plan, but soon something happens that they weren't quite expecting.
- DirectorJohn LemontStarsHerbert LomSean ConneryJohn GregsonA small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsMaxine AudleyLee MontagueAllan CuthbertsonWhen a hotel becomes the scene of a murder and robbery, investigators take to the streets in pursuit of the suspect.
- DirectorRobert LynnStarsSabine SesselmannWilliam SylvesterHermione BaddeleyThey set a trap for each other... from which only one could escape!
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsJill IrelandDavid McCallumKenneth CopeTerry Collins mugs an old man, who subsequently dies. Joe Lucas finds out about it and blackmails him, threatening to turn him in to the police if he doesn't give him money. Terry then plans to rob the safe at a night club with his friend Johnny, who is the boyfriend of a stripper (Jill Ireland) that Terry's infatuated with.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsWilliam FranklynMoira RedmondBruno BarnabeRichard Logan, a safe maker, wakes up with amnesia after being found unconscious. A detective hired by his wife was murdered. A safe his firm installed was robbed. Logan teams up with his wife to uncover the truth behind these events.
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsBernard ArchardElvi HalePaul StassinoA petty burglar sets a chain of events in motion when he steals some bullion that the owner hasn't declared to the authorities.
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsAnton DiffringDiane HartMark SingletonInspector Duval comes to London to help crack the case of a socialite murdered during a jewel heist.
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsJack HedleyJacqueline EllisPatrick MageeTwo rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine inquires into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter-measures.
- DirectorQuentin LawrenceStarsPeter CushingAndré MorellRichard VernonA charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.
- DirectorPeter BezencenetTerry BishopStarsRonald HowardTerry PalmerSuzanna LeighAn English town is evacuated when an old German WW2 bomb is found. A bomb squad is called in to disarm it but the men have their own agenda. A runaway teen couple stumble on their activities. 60 minute British programmer.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsPaul MaxwellFelicity YoungBruce SetonCraig Owen is an incarcerated criminal whose cellmate holds the secret to the valuable contents within a safe deposit box.
- DirectorRobert Hartford-DavisStarsLaurence PayneJill AdamsZena MarshallIn this thriller, two gangs of jewel thieves battle it out in a deserted cottage. Murder ensues when the owners of the cabin show up. Listed as lost by the BFI.
- DirectorÁkos RáthonyiStarsJoachim FuchsbergerWilliam LucasSabine SesselmannA Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
- DirectorJ. Henry PipernoStarsJames KenneyMichael BrennanBruce SetonA retired thief plans a diamond heist, but faces trouble when he hires outside help to execute his plan.
- DirectorCliff OwenStarsStanley BakerHelmut SchmidTom BellA criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
- DirectorGerard GlaisterStarsBernard LeeAlexander KnoxMoira RedmondA gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsTony BrittonWilliam LucasEddie ByrneA dangerous prisoner, Jacko Thomas, overpowers his police guard and jumps from a speeding train in the Dartmoor countryside. In the ensuing fight Jacko kills the guard and makes his way to a secluded hotel on the moors where Tredgar is being paid to arrange a safe transit for Jacko and his sister Jean. But Jean as no idea of Jacko's murderous character, and when an ex-policeman and a famous novelist book into the isolated hotel, the scene is set for a series of murders and a shocking climax.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsLiz FraserKenneth GriffithPeter ReynoldsTwo con artists plan a final scam. It goes wrong when one is murdered in the other's apartment. She gets a student to hide the body but he's caught. His friends look for her to clear his name but they're seized by the killer.
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsIvan DesnyNadja ReginMichael GoodliffeThe police have never been able to charge Mr Valentine but that doesn't mean he is a honest man. A policeman sets out to finally bring him to justice.....
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsPeter ReynoldsAvice LandoneDavid KernanA family of burglars and safecrackers plan a heist at a jewelry store. When one of the family--who is the safecracking expert--gets arrested and jailed, they hatch a plan to break him out so he can take part in the robbery.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsColin GordonJohn ChappellAnn LynnBank robbery goes awry, manager and cashier locked in vault. Robbers return after failed rescue attempt, race against time to free hostages before police arrive.
- DirectorTheodore ZichyStarsSarah LawsonNeil McCallumAlan Edwards
- DirectorFrank MarshallStarsSean KellyEira HeathDavid DaviesDuring the early 60s, a Chicago mobster and a Londoner try to get involved in a jukebox racket.
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsYvonne MonlaurHarry H. CorbettRobert RiettyA gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured.
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsAnthony OliverMaureen ConnellAlan TilvernWith the help of the Metropolitan Police, a girl starts to track down the gang who had her detective brother killed by a speeding car. The trail leads to Nicky's club in Soho and to diamond smuggling.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsJohn GregsonAlec ClunesRobert ShawIt's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.
- DirectorFrank MarshallStarsConrad PhillipsGeorge MoonPhilip O'FlynnAn undercover detective desires a villain's daughter.
- DirectorAlfred TraversStarsJan HoldenBill EdwardsGeorge MikellA group of entertainers supplement their income by being international jewel thieves.
- DirectorArnold L. MillerStarsRonald HowardJess ConradMelody O'BrianA scrap dealer is making a profit out of wrecked cars, but trouble starts when one of his men demands more money.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsWilliam LucasDavid SumnerRay Barrett
- DirectorKen HughesStarsAnthony NewleyJulia FosterRobert StephensThe compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.
- DirectorGerard GlaisterStarsMaurice DenhamJohn CarsonMaria CorvinArthur Payne, recently out of prison, meets a stranger on a train and explains his situation. A few days later another stranger makes a curious proposition. Arthur should participate in a fake robbery and remove some imitation jewelry from the stranger's own safe.
- DirectorNorman HarrisonStarsAnton DiffringWilliam SylvesterJustine LordIn a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the gang leader.
- DirectorNorman HarrisonStarsWilliam LucasJohn RutlandDilys WatlingCrooks plan a bank heist by digging through a basement of a neighbouring house.
- DirectorPeter MaxwellStarsConrad PhillipsGeorge PastellBallard BerkeleyCrime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans his revenge.
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsEmrys JonesSarah LawsonPatrick BarrModel prisoner Frank Stewart, convicted for burglary, escapes from prison with the help of Jock Mackay, an associates for his boss Wally Lucas, who plans to track down Stewart to know the location of stolen bonds.
- DirectorPeter MaxwellStarsAnthony SteelZena MarshallConrad PhillipsThe villains are members of a wristwatch-smuggling gang. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the girl.
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsJack GwillimErica RogersBrian SmithA pair of hoodlums steal a car in which there is a note - a ransom letter - directed to a wealthy man whose daughter has just been kidnapped. The two gangsters stole the abductor's car and when they find the note, they decide to take advantage of the situation and collect the money.
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsWilliam LucasZena WalkerPatrick JordanVillain's kidnap a man's daughter in order to get hold of forgery plates which they believe to be in his possession.
- DirectorMichael TrumanStarsIan HendryRonald FraserMargaret JohnstonWhen a beautiful girl is murdered, Inspector Birkett finds that she had some famous friends who don't want publicity.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsRita TushinghamMichael SarneBernard LeeA young man employed by a cigarette factory is tired of his working class status and joins a gang planning to rob the factory warehouse.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsNigel PatrickMargaret WhitingKatherine WoodvilleScotland Yard Chief Inspector Johnnoe is investigating a string of bank robberies but the robbers are determined to compromise Johnnoe and the investigation.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsJanine GrayGlyn HoustonDyson LovellA London jewelry exchange is robbed. The exchange owner is shot, and his secretary knocked out. When she comes to, she finds herself with a dead boss and no memory.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsLee MontagueIngrid HafnerJohn Thawlan Roper tells Bookie Larry Hart that he is planning to steal £60,000 and Hart offers to launder the money for him. What Hart doesn't know is that it is actually his money Roper intends to steal.
- DirectorJim O'ConnollyStarsAnthony BoothJacqueline EllisDerek Francis1963. Drama. Directed by Jim O'Connolly. Starring Anthony Booth & Jacqueline Ellis. A lorry driver meets Shirley at a cafe and offers her a lift. His truck carrying valuable whiskey is later hijacked.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsTerence LongdonJennifer JayneHarry FowlerA prisoner transport bus hijacked to free one inmate. Other prisoners locked in petrol-soaked barn, warned not to escape. Police find freed prisoner dead in crash, race to find bus and prisoners before barn catches fire.
- DirectorAlan BridgesStarsJohn CarsonAnthony BateJustine LordA dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsJeremy KempBernard ArchardRosemary LeachIn prison, two inmates are getting out soon. One, soon getting out, has been sent up for a heist of several thousand pounds, still not recovered. The other, getting out before him, pumps the other for details of his home life, so he he can assume the other's identity and get to the loot first.
- DirectorJohn KnightStarsGrégoire AslanTracy ReedEdward de SouzaA wealthy young layabout tries to double cross the master-crook who has engaged him to do a job.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsAlbert LievenGary RaymondMargot TroogerA businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsKeir DulleaCarol LynleyLaurence OlivierA woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
- DirectorCharles CrichtonStarsTom BellJudi DenchPaul RogersPeter Rayston (Tom Bell), has been in and out of prison most of his life. At thirty-years-old, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. Immediately, he goes back to his old life, providing for his expensive tastes by executing a series of daring burglaries.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsWarren BeattySusannah YorkClive RevillRomantic comedy which has Barney Lincoln and Angel McGinnis as a pair of amorous adventurers in the gambling places of London and the Riviera. Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because he has succeeded in marking the original plates for the backs of all the playing cards manufactured in a plant in Geneva and used in all the gambling joints in Europe. In his gambling depredation, Barney is spotted by Angel McGinnis, the daughter of a Scotland Yard Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis on the lookout for a man to do a job. The inspector enlists Barney's help in playing poker with a shady London character whom Scotland Yard wants to force to financial ruin.