The Squeeze

The Squeeze (1977)

They'd bust your head just for the hell of it. So think what they'd do for $500,000!

An alcoholic London ex-cop becomes involved in a kidnapping drama and tries to free the daughter of a friend from a brutal gangster mob.

Date of release
1977-03-20
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Thriller, Crime
Director
Michael Apted

Casting

Interesting facts

The Squeeze is a 1977 British gangster thriller directed by Michael Apted and starring Stacy Keach, Edward Fox, David Hemmings and Stephen Boyd, in one of his final film performances. It was based on the 1974 novel Whose Little Girl Are You? by Bill James. The screenplay was by Minder creator Leon Griffiths.

Production

The film was shot in London in October 1976. Keach said Apted was "a wonderful and intelligent director" who cast the actor on the basis of his appearance in Conduct Unbecoming (1975).

The producers of The Squeeze enlisted ex-gangster Bob Ramsey to act as a contact between the film unit and the local underworld to cut down on harassment, due to location shooting in rather undesirable areas where criminals were operating. Local people in the area were hired as extras. Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones accidentally became an extra in the film..

The classic Rolls-Royce driven by Stephen Boyd, is known as the most filmed individual Rolls-Royce motor car , seen in more than 35 films or TV series. Chassis no. SRH2971. Source www. imcdb.org

Apted called it an "informed look at the British underworld" and said Warner Bros considered the film "too indigenous."

Keach said the film "didn't translate in America but it was well regarded and successful in England."

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