Crime ·Drama · United Kingdom · 1961 · 1h 45m

Payroll

Payroll poster
Director
Sidney Hayers
Cast
Michael Craig as Johnny Mellors Françoise Prévost as Katie Pearson Billie Whitelaw as Jackie Parker William Lucas as Dennis Pearson Kenneth Griffith as Monty Tom Bell as Blackie
Crew
Ernest Steward — Director of Photography Tristam Cones — Editor Reg Owen — Original Music Composer George Baxt — Screenplay Derek Bickerton — Novel Norman Priggen — Producer
Tagline

Brilliant... Brutal... Torn from tonight's headlines!

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
factoryrobberynorthern englandambushdeceitneo-noir
Key Collaborators
Sidney Hayers Director Ernest Steward Director of Photography Tristam Cones Editor Reg Owen Original Music Composer George Baxt Screenplay Derek Bickerton Novel Norman Priggen Producer Julian Wintle Producer
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