A 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.A 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.A 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.
Michael Collins
- Detective at Jackpot Club
- (uncredited)
Dan Cressey
- Telephone Engineer
- (uncredited)
Garard Green
- Detective Briggs
- (uncredited)
Charles Lamb
- Snack Bar Customer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaStars soon-to-be-TV-icon William Hartnell (Dr. Who) in one of his last films before taking on the role for which he would be best remembered.
- GoofsAt 16 min Lenny pushes a coke bottle with straw pointing to the right to the other side of the table. After the bottle is moved the position of straw goes from pointing right to left.
- Quotes
Lenny Lane: I've given that game up, I don't do it anymore. I've given up climbing through windows and I never want to see the inside of stir again. I'm doing alright with this place and I don't have to cross the road every time I see a dick coming.
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The difficulty of staying out of temptation, although you know it will lead you to hell
William Hartnelll always made interesting parts in interesting films, so that you could rely on his name to warrant a reward. This is a typical example, although you have to wait for his appearance, in a role out of the ordinary for him, for he is the criminal inspector. The stars are instead the crooks, George Mikell as a rather interesting and fascinating victim of injustice coming for his exoneration, and Eddie Byrne as the real villain, a gangster and leader of mobs who has made a fortune on his rackets, whom George Mikell with a German accent pays a visit to get back what has been stolen from him. Eddie Byrne refuses to cooperate, so there is a conflict, and Mikell robs him of £6000, which Eddie Byrne naturally raises hell by mishandling every person in connection with Mikell, trying to learn where the renegade is. Naturally there is a final settlement between the two, which naturally ends bad for both of them. We never learn what happened to the survivors.
It's an efficient thriller, well written with a top cast all the way, and every supporting part earns some high credits. The music like the drama is hard-boiled and perhaps a little too invasive, and the finale could have been made more efficient. However, as it is, the thriller is efficient enough with many interesting currents, every supporting part being of major importance.
It's an efficient thriller, well written with a top cast all the way, and every supporting part earns some high credits. The music like the drama is hard-boiled and perhaps a little too invasive, and the finale could have been made more efficient. However, as it is, the thriller is efficient enough with many interesting currents, every supporting part being of major importance.
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- clanciai
- Mar 25, 2023
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- Also known as
- Der Boß war schneller als das Geld
- Filming locations
- Arsenal Underground Station, Gillespie Rd, Islington, London, England, UK(Carl mingles with the crowd as it exits the station)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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