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10/04/1960 Thriller, Crime 1h 38m
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Murder money stained his hands....

Overview

Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted in the violent death of a young girl. Detective Inspector Martineau has been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in. From seedy barrooms, through gambling dens the trail leads to an explosive climax high on the rooftops of the city.

  1. Val Guest

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Stanley Baker

    Insp. Harry Martineau

  2. John Crawford

    Don Starling

  3. Donald Pleasence

    Gus Hawkins

  4. Maxine Audley

    Julia Martineau

  5. Billie Whitelaw

    Chloe Hawkins

  6. Joseph Tomelty

    Furnisher Steele

  7. George A. Cooper

    Doug Savage

  8. Vanda Godsell

    Lucretia Luske

  9. Dickie Owen

    Bragg

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-17
For a second I thought that Joan Crawford was in this, then I realised that it was her long-lost cousin John who takes on the role of visiting American box-office draw for this gritty and quite well thought-out crime drama. You see, “Starling” has broken out of a prison in Manchester and local police inspector “Martineau” (Stanley Baker) is convinced that he will return to his old stomping grounds to settle old scores and to collect his share of the loot from the job that sent him down in the first place. Just to add to the complexities of his case, “Martineau” is having martial di...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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