The Safecracker (1958)
The crook who became a commando
Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium.
- Date of release
- 1958-03-05
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, War
- Director
- Ray Milland
Casting
- Ray Milland — Colley Dawson
- Barry Jones — Bennet Carfield
- Jeanette Sterke — Irene
- Victor Maddern — Morris
- Ernest Clark — Major Adbury
- Barbara Everest — Mrs. Dawson
- Bernard Fox — Shafter
- Cyril Raymond — Inspector Frankham
- Melissa Stribling — Angela
- Percy Herbert — Sergeant Harper
- Anthony Nicholls — General Prior
- David Horne — Herbert Fenwright
Interesting facts
- Budget: $471K
The Safecracker is a 1958 British crime film noir directed by Ray Milland and starring Milland, Barry Jones and Victor Maddern.
Production
The film was originally known as The Tale of Willie Gordon. Ray Milland left for England in June 1957.
In December 1957, producer David E. Rose announced that he and Milland would produce a second film together, but the project did not materialise.
As a curiosity: German soldiers wear helmets with Afrikakorps insignia, probably remnants from a film about Rommel.
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