Crime

The Criminal

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When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.

Release Date : 1960-09-13

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Merton Park Studios

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Concrete Jungle

Cast

Character Name : Johnny Bannion

Original Name : Stanley Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike Carter

Original Name : Sam Wanamaker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Saffron

Original Name : Grégoire Aslan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suzanne

Original Name : Margit Saad

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maggie

Original Name : Jill Bennett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Edwards

Original Name : Rupert Davies

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Town

Original Name : Laurence Naismith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Formby

Original Name : John Van Eyssen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Governor

Original Name : Noel Willman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Derek Francis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Doctor

Original Name : Redmond Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clobber

Original Name : Kenneth J. Warren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barrows

Original Name : Patrick Magee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judas

Original Name : Robert Adams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kelly

Original Name : Kenneth Cope

Gender : Male

Character Name : Antlers

Original Name : Murray Melvin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flynn

Original Name : Tom Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ted

Original Name : Nigel Green

Gender : Male

Character Name : O'Hara

Original Name : Neil McCarthy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sol

Original Name : Patrick Wymark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scout

Original Name : Jack Rodney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pauly Larkin

Original Name : Brian Phelan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Snipe

Original Name : John Molloy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alfredo Fanucci

Original Name : Paul Stassino

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles

Original Name : Larry Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Warder

Original Name : Edward Judd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Quantock

Original Name : Tom Gerrard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hanson

Original Name : Keith Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr Able

Original Name : Charles Lamb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Angela

Original Name : Dorothy Bromiley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)

Original Name : Denis Shaw

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2023-02-27

Stanley Baker is effective here as the smart-assed hoodlum "Bannion". Recently released from prison he and some associates cleverly devise a plan to relieve a race track of it's £40,000 takings. He hides the loot in a remote field but his cockiness leads the police easily to his door. Re-incarcerated, he soon finds that it's not just the police, but his erstwhile colleagues - led by the no-nonsense "Carter" (Sam Wanamaker) who want the money! Things are distinctly dangerous for the man behind bars and so getting out quickly and retrieving his loot becomes the order of the day. Joseph Losey paces his direction well here and has assembled a strong cast of supporting characters - not least Patrick Magee as the shrewd and ruthless prison warder "Barrows" and Grégoire Aslan as the duplicitous "Saffron", as this story of greed and brutality gradually edges towards a denouement that is exciting and - to a considerable extent - rather fitting. It's maybe a bit wordy at times but Baker manages to exude a sort of nastiness/decency combination that works well for ninety minutes. It is well worth a watch and is better than many in this British noir genre of the late 1950s.