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    Prize of Arms, A (1962)

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    A £250,000 military payroll attracts the attention of Turpin (Stanley Baker) who, since his own Army days, has dreamed of the perfect robbery that would put him on easy street for the rest of his life.

    Sharing his enthusiasm for the gigantic snatch are old Army colleagues Swavek (Helmut Schmid), a Polish explosives expert, and Fenner (Tom Bell), a daring young stop-at-nothing driver.

    The three plan the operation with meticulous thoroughness using an old garage and its environs as a sort of assault course to practice with a flame thrower and explosives to perfect their grand plan.

    They check and re-check the plan with stopwatch precision and equip themselves with military uniforms, pay books, works tickets, a three-ton Army truck and everything possible to allow them to enter the Army camp and remain there for the whole day to carry out the scheme’s essential arrangements without arousing suspicion among the camp’s personnel.

    The troops are being drafted overseas to the Middle East, which accounts for the large amount of cash now being held at the camp. “When you’re sending an army abroad, you can’t send a cheque after ’em. You’ve got to take the dough,” Turpin explains.

    The plotters sit listening to the radio news bulletins each night and finally learn that the expedition is on – the troops are to embark the following day. The trio are ready to carry out their carefully rehearsed plan.

    They change into military uniforms and set off to the camp in their Army truck as dawn breaks. There can be no turning back.

    A Prize of Arms is a suspenseful but pacy thriller and a terrific heist movie. Look closely for a wealth of soon-to-be-famous faces amongst the soldiers, including Rodney Bewes, Patrick Magee, Stephen Lewis, Geoffrey Palmer and Fulton Mackay.

    Turpin
    Stanley Baker
    Swavek
    Helmut Schmid
    Fenner
    Tom Bell
    Col. Fowler
    John Phillips
    RSM Hicks
    Patrick Magee
    Capt. Stafford
    John Westbrook
    Capt. Nicholson
    Kenneth MacKintosh
    MO
    Jack May
    Maj. Palmer
    Frank Gatliff
    Cpl. Freeman
    Michael Ripper
    Sgt. Jones
    John Rees
    Cpl. Glenn
    Tom Adams
    Sgt. Reeves
    Anthony Bate
    Pvt. Maynard
    Rodney Bewes
    Lt. Waddington
    Richard Bidlake
    Lt. Ellison
    Mark Burns
    Capt. James
    David Conville
    Lt. Davies
    David Courtney
    Colonel Bates
    Stephen Lewis
    Cpl. Henderson
    Fulton Mackay
    Sgt. Ward
    William Marlowe
    Sgt. McVie
    Roddy McMillan
    Sgt. White
    Stanley Meadows
    Cpl. Myers
    Geoffrey Palmer
    Orford
    Michael Robbins
    Lt. Sayers
    Derrick Sherwin

    Director
    Cliff Owen

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