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Strongroom

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6.3/10 • 14

1962-05-041h 20m

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Twelve minutes to live... or die!

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.

Directors
Vernon Sewell
Editors
John Trumper

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  1. Colin Gordon

    Colin Gordon

    Mr. Spencer

  2. John Chappell

    John Chappell

    John Musgrove

  3. Ann Lynn

    Ann Lynn

    Rose Taylor

  4. Derren Nesbitt

    Derren Nesbitt

    Griff

  5. Keith Faulkner

    Keith Faulkner

    Len

  6. William Morgan Sheppard

    William Morgan Sheppard

    Alec (as Morgan Sheppard)

  7. Hilda Fenemore

    Hilda Fenemore

    Charlady

  8. Diana Chesney

    Diana Chesney

    Charlady

  9. Ian Colin

    Ian Colin

    Creighton

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John Chard

May 24, 2014

8/10

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 its own to stand tall and proud, Strongroom is one such film. Originally the support feature to the George Chakiris film Two and Two Make Six, Sewell's picture went down well enough with the public that it often became the main feature in some theatres. Compact at just 80 minutes in length, it's a picture heavy on claustrophobia and thematic stings, embracing that old noir devil of fate along the way. It's directed in a tight no-nonsense way by Sewell, who manages to keep things moving without it being at cost to nail biting suspense. Well performed by all involved, it's a film that never once cops out, right up to, and including, the quite brilliant finale. 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
robberygangstervaultclaustrophobiaheistbank vaultbank heist