Top billed cast

1. 

   Stanley Baker

   Tom Yately

2. 

   Herbert Lom

   Gino Rossi

3. 

   Peggy Cummins

   Lucy, Hawlett Trucking Secretary

4. 

   Patrick McGoohan

   C. 'Red' Redman

5. 

   William Hartnell

   Cartley, Hawlett Manager

6. 

   Wilfrid Lawson

   Ed, Hawlett Mechanic

7. 

   Sidney James

   Dusty, Truck Driver

8. 

   Jill Ireland

   Jill, Pull In Waitress

9. 

   Alfie Bass

   Tinker, Truck Driver

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-12

Stanley Baker is at the top of his game in this drama. Recently released from prison, "Tom" struggles to find decent work until he alights on an haulage company run by "Cartley" (William Hartnell) who doesn't care so much about formalities and history, just about deliveries - the more and quicker the merrier. He joins a disparate group of colleagues where he befriends "Gino' (Herbert Lom) and antagonises the head honcho "Red" (Patrick McGoohan). As the story develops, he and the latter man become more and more competitive with increasingly perilous consequences. Cy Endfield and Geoffrey Unswor...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• fraud
• fistfight
• rivalry
• film noir
• boarding house
• british noir
• truck driver
• ex-con
• trucking
• dump truck