Payroll
7.0
“Brilliant... Brutal... Torn from tonight's headlines!”
A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry the cash. The gang still go ahead with the robbery, but when the driver of the armoured van is killed in the raid, his wife plans revenge, and with the police closing in, the gang start to turn on each other.
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Cast
28 people
Michael Craig
Johnny Mellors
Known for
Mysterious Island
Star!
Françoise Prévost
Katie Pearson
Known for
The Return of the Exorcist
Paris Belongs to Us
Billie Whitelaw
Jackie Parker
Known for
Merlin
The Omen
William Lucas
Dennis Pearson
Known for
X: The Unknown
Tower of Evil
Kenneth Griffith
Monty
Known for
Shaka Zulu
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Laura Wood
uncredited
Tom Bell
Blackie
Known for
Holocaust
Prime Suspect
Barry Keegan
Bert Langridge
Known for
Gorgo
Billy Budd
Edward Cast
Detective Sergeant Bradden
Also in
10 Rillington Place
Tiger Bay
Andrew Faulds
Detective Inspector Carberry
Known for
Jason and the Argonauts
The Devils
William Dexter
Harry Parker
Known for
The Knack... and How to Get It
Glyn Houston
Frank Moore
Known for
Are You Being Served? The Movie
The Cruel Sea
Sidney Hayers Director · George Baxt Screenplay Derek Bickerton Author
United States release May 20, 1962 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Lynx Films Ltd.
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · January 19, 1961
Theatrical
United States · May 20, 1962
Theatrical
Denmark
April 27, 1962 · Theatrical
Finland
June 1, 1962 · Theatrical
Germany
March 9, 1962 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 30, 1961 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 12, 1962 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 20, 1961 · Theatrical
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