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04/05/1962 Crime, Drama, Thriller 1h 20m
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Twelve minutes to live... or die!

Overview

During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks escape. Later, when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair has gone wrong, they return to the bank to try and release them before the police turn up.

  1. Vernon Sewell

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Derren Nesbitt

    Griff

  2. Colin Gordon

    Mr. Spencer

  3. Ann Lynn

    Rose Taylor

  4. Keith Faulkner

    Len

  5. John Chappell

    John Musgrove

  6. William Morgan Sheppard

    Alec (as Morgan Sheppard)

  7. Hilda Fenemore

    Charlady

  8. Diana Chesney

    Charlady

  9. Ian Colin

    Creighton

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-05-24
Superior British "B" Noir.

Strongroom is directed by Vernon Sewell and written by Max Marquis and Richard Harris. It stars Derren Nesbit, Colin Gordon, Ann Lynn, Keith Faulkner and W. Morgan Sheppard. Music is by Johnny Gregory and cinematography by Basil Emmott.

Three men enact a bank robbery and lock up the manager and his secretary in the vault. Upon making their getaway it dawns on them that the two in the vault could die from lack of oxygen and thus landing them as murderers should they be caught...

Every once in a while a "quota quickie" or "B" crime movie really strides out on ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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