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Film Details - Ealing Studios ; Associated British Picture Corporation , 1959
Producers:
Michael Balcon.
Production Companies:
Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) and Ealing Studios.
Director of Photography:
Gordon Dines.
Editors:
Gordon Stone.
Music:
Kenneth V. Jones.
Cast:
Including Aldo Ray (Matt Kirk), Heather Sears (Ann Fulton), Neil McCallum (Johnny Kirk), Victor Maddern (Bert), Carlo Giustini (Luke), Alan Tilvern (Superintendent Hanna), Barbara Mullen (Mrs Fulton), Gerry Duggan (Pat Fulton), Kenneth J. Warren (Police Commissioner), Grant Taylor (Constable Macey), Deryck Barnes (Sergeant Drake), Richard Vernon (Under Secretary), Ewan MacDuff (Naval Captain), Martin Boddey (Brigadier), Max Robertson (Motorcycle Policeman), John Pusey (Small Boy), Fred Abbott (Constable), and Jerome 'Jock' Levy (Policeman).
Release Dates:
August 1959 (UK).
Location:
- Filmed in Associated British Picture Studios (Hertforshire) and Ealing Studios (London), as well as Sydney.
Awards:
- Golden Berlin Bear (nominated), Berlin International Film Festival, 1959.
- Actor Gerry Duggan also received a BAFTA nomination for Most Promising Newcomer to Film.
