The Frightened City

The Frightened City
original movie poster
Directed by	John Lemont
Produced by	John Lemont Leigh Vance
Written by	Leigh Vance
Starring	Herbert Lom John Gregson Sean Connery Alfred Marks Yvonne Romain
Music by	Norrie Paramor
Cinematography	Desmond Dickinson
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures Corporation US Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors UK
Release date(s)	1961
Running time	97 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Frightened City is a 1961 British film about extortion rackets and gang warfare in the West End of London. It stars Sean Connery, who plays a burglar called Paddy Damion. He is lured into a protection racket by oily mobster Harry Foulcher (Alfred Marks), in order to support his partner in crime (Kenneth Griffith), who is injured in a robbery. However Damion has his wits about him.

Although Connery's character has a girlfriend in the story, he seduces the beautiful Anya (Yvonne Romain), the mistress of the seedy and sinister crime boss Zhernikov (Herbert Lom). John Gregson plays Detective Inspector Sayers who is the policeman dedicated to tackling organised crime.

The Shadows had a hit single with the main theme.

Cast

• Herbert Lom as Waldo Zhernikov
• John Gregson as Detective Inspector Sayers
• Sean Connery as Paddy Damion
• Alfred Marks as Harry Foulcher
• Yvonne Romain as Anya Bergodin
• Olive McFarland as Sadie
• Frederick Piper as Sergeant Bob Ogle
• John Stone as Hood
• David Davies as Alf Peters
• Tom Bowman as Tanky Thomas
• Robert Cawdron as Nero
• George Pastell as Sanchetti
• Patrick Holt as Superintendent Dave Carter
• Martin Wyldeck as Security Officer
• Kenneth Griffith as Wally Smith

External links

• The Frightened City at the Internet Movie Database