Hammer made a range of films outside the horror genre and some of them are excellent, particularly this unusual thriller reteaming Peter Cushing and André Morell who were superb in The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1958).
Fordyce (Cushing), an unpopular provincial bank manager, is held up in his own office by a robber posing as an insurance company investigator.
With his wife and child held as hostages, he promises not to inform the police but discovers that Pearson (Richard Vernon), the chief clerk, has already done so. Fordyce pleads with his staff who agree to say that there has been a mistake.
Fordyce’s day of terror finally ends and he emerges a changed man.
Fordyce
Peter Cushing
Gore-Hepburn
André Morell
Pearson
Richard Vernon
Sanderson
Norman Bird
Detective Inspector Mason
Kevin Stoney
Harvill
Barry Lowe
Miss Pringle
Edith Sharpe
Sally
Lois Daine
Kane
Alan Haywood
Collins
Charles Morgan
Mrs Fordyce
Vera Cook
Tommy
Gareth Tandy
Director
Quentin Lawrence