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Payroll(1961)
Status: Released
Date: 1961-01-19
67%
28 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Lynx Films Ltd.
Movie: Payroll
Top 10 Billed Cast
Michael Craig
Johnny Mellors
Françoise Prévost
Katie Pearson
Billie Whitelaw
Jackie Parker
William Lucas
Dennis Pearson
Kenneth Griffith
Monty
Tom Bell
Blackie
Andrew Faulds
Detective Inspector Carberry
William Dexter
Harry Parker
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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.
Release Date
1961-01-19
Average
6.7
Rating:
3.4 startsTagline
Brilliant... Brutal... Torn from tonight's headlines!
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