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| Directed by | Compton Bennett |
| Written by | Norman Hudis Jan Read Ralph Smart |
| Produced by | Compton Bennett |
| Starring | Lee Patterson Kay Callard Alan Gifford |
| Cinematography | Peter Hennessy |
| Edited by | John Trumper |
| Music by | Stanley Black |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Insignia Films |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Flying Scot is a 1957 British crime film produced and directed by Compton Bennett and starring Lee Patterson, Kay Callard and Alan Gifford.[1] The film was released in the U.S. as Mailbag Robbery.[2]
Plot
A gang plans to steal a half-a-million pounds' worth of banknotes from an express train.
Cast
- Lee Patterson as Ronnie
- Kay Callard as Jackie
- Alan Gifford as Phil
- Margaret Withers as Middle-Aged Lady
- Mark Baker as Gibbs
- Jeremy Bodkin as Charlie, the boy
- Gerald Case as Guard
- Margaret Gordon as Drunk's Wife
- John Dearth – Father
- John Lee as Young Man
- Kerry Jordan as Drunk
- John Dearth as Father
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "The suspense is well built in this finely constructed feature":[3] while Sky Movies called it "An unheralded low-budget thriller which contains twice as much suspense as many more lavish productions. Taut, crisp, with a conspicuous absence of big name stars, it is a prime example of the British B movie at its best. With a bit of Hitchcock here and a touch of Rififi there (a 15-minute sequence is acted in complete silence), the suspense is built up to a climax which leaves one hoping that just this once, crime will be allowed to pay."[4]
It was one of 15 films selected by Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane in The British 'B' Film, their survey of British B films, as among the most meritorious of the B films made in Britain between World War II and 1970. They note that it was shot in just three weeks on a budget of £18,000 and describe it as "a film not just of suspense, but of real fascination".[5]
References
- ^ "The Flying Scot (1958)". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
- ^ "Mailbag Robbery (1957) - Compton Bennett - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ^ "Mailbag Robbery".
- ^ "The Flying Scot".
- ^ Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, The British 'B' Film, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, pp. 270–71.
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