Cash on Demand
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Cash on Demand |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Quentin Lawrence |
| script |
David T. Chantler , Lewis Gripper |
| production | Michael Carreras |
| music | Wilfred Josephs |
| camera | Arthur Grant |
| cut | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
| occupation | |
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Cash on Demand , a British crime film directed by Quentin Lawrence from the year 1962 , which the Hammer Studios produced. A German version of the film does not yet exist.
action
As a manager, Harry Fordyce runs his bank efficiently, but without heart. He differentiates himself from his employees. One morning Colonel Gore Hepburn arrives unexpectedly to check the bank's security measures. The insurance company's inspector notices small irregularities that make Fordyce doubt the suitability of his people. When they are alone in Fordyce's office, a phone call makes it clear that Hepburn is by no means an inspector: his family is being threatened, the Colonel actually a bank robber. By being held hostage, he forces Fordyce to rob his own bank and lie to his employees so as not to endanger his family. The ingenious plan succeeds; the entire contents of the safe become the property of Hepburn. Fordyce personally carries the suitcase in which the booty is stowed to the car. When his employees tell him that they have suspected and informed the police, Fordyce fears for the lives of his family, who threatened to have Hepburn killed in the event of an early alarm. When the police arrive, the employees lie to their boss that it was a misunderstanding; but the police inspector can show the already captured Hepburn. Fordyce collapses. Hepburn indicates that the phone call was just a fake. Purified Fordyce will be another boss of his employees in the future.
criticism
Bosley Crowther called Cash on Demand a “nice, unpretentious” film and praised the straightforward staging. Geoff Mayer considers Cushing's performance to be one of the best outside of his horror films. Barry Forshaw emphasizes that Cushing's theatrical duel with André Morell was appropriate and successful for the intelligent script.
Remarks
The script is based on a play by Jacques Gillies . The budget for the film was £ 37,000.
Web links
- Cash on Demand in Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cash on Demand in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Crowther in the New York Times
- ^ Geoff Mayer: HD of Crime. 2012, p. 102
- ^ Barry Forshaw: British Crime Film. 2012, p. 57
- ↑ Britmovie.co.uk ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Marcus Hearn & Alan Barnes: The Hammer Story. The Authorized History of Hammer Films . Titan Books, 2007. p. 69
