Five to One (film)
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Directed byGordon Flemyng
Written byRoger Marshall
Based onshort story The Thief in the Night by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
| Five to One | |
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| Directed by | Gordon Flemyng |
| Written by | Roger Marshall |
| Based on | short story The Thief in the Night by Edgar Wallace |
| Produced by | Jack Greenwood |
| Starring | Lee Montague Ingrid Hafner John Thaw |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Derek Holding |
| Music by | Bernard Ebbinghouse |
Production company | Merton Park Studios |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Five To One is a 1963 British second feature ('B')[1] crime film directed by Gordon Flemyng and starring Lee Montague, Ingrid Hafner and John Thaw.[2] It was made at Merton Park Studios as part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace adaptations. The screenplay was by Roger Marshall, based on the 1928 Wallace story The Thief in the Night.[3]
Alan Roper, along with his partner-in-crime and his girlfriend, are planning the robbery of a betting shop. Alan asks crooked bookmaker Larry Hart to launder the money, but little does Larry know, it's his betting shop they plan to steal from.
Cast
- Lee Montague as Larry Hart
- Ingrid Hafner as Pat Dunn
- John Thaw as Alan Roper
- Brian McDermott as John Lea
- Ewan Roberts as Deighton
- Heller Toren as Mai Hart
- Jack Watson as Inspector Davis
- Richard Clarke as Lucas
- Ian Curry as Mycock
- Julian Holloway as Sergeant Jenkins
- Gordon Rollings as Walker
- Edina Ronay as girl on speedboat
- Clare Kelly as Jean Davis