No Safety Ahead
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Directed by | Max Varnel |
Written by | Robert Hirst |
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Cinematography | James Wilson |
Edited by | Maurice Rootes |
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Production company | Danziger Productions |
Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures (UK) |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
No Safety Ahead is a 1959 British film directed by Max Varnel and starring James Kenney and Susan Beaumont.[1] It was written By Robert Hirst and produced by The Danzigers.
Plot
[edit]Clem is a hard-up office clerk who unwillingly joins a gang planning a bank robbery. The heist ends in murder, and after running away he gives himself up.
Cast
[edit]- James Kenney as Clem
- Susan Beaumont as Jean
- Denis Shaw as Inspector
- Gordon Needham as Richardson
- Tony Doonan as Don
- John Charlesworth as Jeff
- Brian Weske as Bill
- Robert Raglan as Langton
- Mark Singleton as Fordham
- Hal Osmond (uncredited)
Critical reception
[edit]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: This laborious "crime does not pay" concoction neither holds nor convinces, and the sentimental conclusion leaves far too many loose ends dangling. The acting, too, seems very much at a loss."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "No Safety Ahead". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "No Safety Ahead". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 91. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.