The Bank Raiders
The Bank Raiders is a 1958 British crime film directed by Maxwell Munden and starring Peter Reynolds, Sandra Dorne and Lloyd Lamble.[1][2]
| The Bank Raiders | |
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| Directed by | Maxwell Munden |
| Produced by | Geoffrey Goodheart |
| Written by | Brandon Fleming |
| Starring | Peter Reynolds Sandra Dorne Sydney Tafler |
| Cinematography | Henry Hall |
| Edited by | Inman Hunter |
Production company | Geoffrey Goodhart Productions (as Film Workshop) |
| Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (U.K.) |
Release date | October 1958 |
Running time | 62 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
Terry, a small-time hoodlum, is the driver in a successful bank robbery. He gets his share of the loot and is told to lie low. Instead, he goes on the town with Della, a gorgeous, but greedy, party girl. Terry is questioned and released by police. Bernie Shelton, the gang boss, kidnaps the only witness. Then he sends his goon (Linders) to kill Terry, but Linders gets shot instead. With police after him, Terry seeks shelter in Della's apartment. When Della learns that Shelton, a man who spurned her, was behind the raid, she promises to run away with Terry, if he'll confront his boss at gun-point to get the rest of the loot[3]
Cast
- Peter Reynolds as Terry Milligan
- Sandra Dorne as Della Byrne
- Sydney Tafler as Bernie Shelton
- Lloyd Lamble as Detective Inspector Mason
- Rose Hill as Landlady
- Arthur Mullard as Linders
- Tim Ellison as Jack Conner
Critical reception
Radio Times called it "A dismal B-movie...Designed as something to have on the screen while the queue was being let in to the cinema, it's cheap and cheerless wallpaper, though connoisseurs of early TV sitcoms might relish the sight of heavyweight Arthur Mullard, who usually turned in performances as the village idiot";[4] while Allmovie wrote, "Bank Raiders delivers value for money in its brief 60-minute time span."[5]