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
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Fordyce (Cushing), an unpopular provincial bank manager, is held up in his own office by a robber posing as an insurance company investigator.
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