Main Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Möhner, Peter Reynolds, John Bennett
Release Year: 1960
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 89 minutes
Plot
Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe's blond competition in the late '50s and early '60s, stars in this crime melodrama as Billy, the leader of a gang of thieves. She charms Jim (Anthony Quayle), a widower with a young daughter, into joining the group effort on a particular robbery. After the heist, Jim personally stashes away their stolen loot while she leads the police off in another direction. But the unfortunate new recruit ends up in the clinker for five years while the others go free. Once out of jail, Jim is brought up short -- Billy has allied herself with another man and her gang has money to spare -- though not enough money, they decide. Against Billy's wishes, the gang takes drastic measures to get at Jim's hidden cache of loot from the robbery that sent him to jail. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Barbara Mullen - Ma Piper; Robert Brown - Bob Crowther; Edward Judd - Detective Sgt. Gittens; John Stratton - Rick; Patrick Holt - Max; Lorraine Clewes - Mrs. Rick; Percy Herbert - Shop Steward; Bill McGuffie - Nightclub Pianist; Lloyd Lamble - Dr. Westerly; John Wood - School Inspector; Arthur Brough - Landlord; Wally Patch - Ticket Collector; Bryan Pringle - Sergeant; Marigold Russell - Hostess; Victor Brooks - Foreman; Bill Shine - Farm Laborer; Richard Shaw - Lorry Driver; David Davenport - Policeman; Don Knight - Bertie or Birdie; Dermot Walsh - Inspector Willis
Credit
Jim Morahan - Art Director, Tom Morahan - Art Director, John Gilling - Director, Alan Osbigton - Editor, John Victor Smith - Editor, Bill McGuffie - Composer (Music Score), Robert Halfin - Songwriter, Gordon Dines - Cinematographer, John Temple-Smith - Producer, John Gilling - Screenwriter
