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| Daylight Robbery | |
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| Directed by | Michael Truman |
| Screenplay by | Dermot Quinn |
| Based on | an idea by Frank Wells |
| Produced by | John Davis |
| Starring | Janet Munro Gordon Jackson Zena Walker |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Peter Weatherley |
| Music by | Tristram Cary |
Production company | Viewfinder Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Children's Film Foundation |
Release date |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Daylight Robbery is a 1964 British film from the Children's Film Foundation. [1] [2] Its plot concerns a group of kids who foil bank robbers.
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TV Guide called it an "Okay children's film with a surprisingly talented adult cast." [3]
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