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Strongroom
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Brazilian poster
Directed byVernon Sewell
Written byRichard Harris
Produced byGuido Coen
StarringDerren Nesbitt
Colin Gordon
Ann Lynn
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byJohn Trumper
Music byJohnny Gregory
Production
company
Theatrecraft
Distributed byBryanston Films (UK)
Release date
May 1962 (UK)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Strongroom is a 1962 British crime drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Derren Nesbitt, Colin Gordon and Ann Lynn. During a bank robbery the bank manager, and cashier are locked in a safe, but the criminals are forced to return to the bank to release them before the police arrive.[1][2]

Cast

Critical reception

  • The Radio Times wrote, "director Vernon Sewell sets up this improbable story quite neatly, but it's hardly breathless entertainment." [3]
  • TV Guide noted "a suspenseful, taut crime drama." [4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055484/
  2. ^ "Strongroom | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Strongroom | Film review and movie reviews". Radio Times. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Strongroom Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 28 May 2014.