The Bank Raiders
| The Bank Raiders | |
|---|---|
J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (U.K.) | |
Release date | October 1958 |
Running time | 62 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Bank Raiders is a 1958
Plot
Small-time hoodlum Terry is the driver in a successful bank robbery. He gets his share of the loot and is told to lie low. Instead, he goes on the town with Della, a gorgeous, but greedy, party girl. Terry is questioned and released by police. Bernie Shelton, the gang boss, kidnaps the only witness. Then he sends his goon Linders to kill Terry, but Linders gets shot instead. With police after him, Terry seeks shelter in Della's apartment. When Della learns that Shelton, a man who spurned her, was behind the raid, she promises to run away with Terry, if he will confront his boss at gun-point to get the rest of the loot.
Cast
- Peter Reynolds as Terry Milligan
- Sandra Dorne as Della Byrne
- Sydney Tafler as Bernie Shelton
- Lloyd Lamble as Detective Inspector Mason
- Rose Hill as landlady
- Arthur Mullard as Linders
- Tim Ellison as Jack Conner
- Ann King as Ann Seaton
- Robert Bruce as Det. Sgt. Bates
- Jeanne Kent as Mrs Conner
- Roberta Woolley as Sonia Conner
Critical reception
Radio Times called it "A dismal B-movie ... Designed as something to have on the screen while the queue was being let in to the cinema, it's cheap and cheerless wallpaper, though connoisseurs of early TV sitcoms might relish the sight of heavyweight Arthur Mullard, who usually turned in performances as the village idiot."[4]
In Directors in British and Irish Cinema, Robert Murphy called the film "a singularly unconvincing depiction of life in the English underworld."[6]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Rock-bottom 'B' film, very badly acted with the exception of the three stars."[7]
References
- ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "The Bank Raiders". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 141. 1958 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Turner, Adrian. "The Bank Raiders (1958)". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
- ^ "The Bank Raiders (1958) - Maxwell Munden | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ISBN 978-1844571260.
- ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
External links
- The Bank Raiders at IMDb
- The Bank Raiders at ReelStreets
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