Jackpot (1960 film)

Last updated

Jackpot
Jackpot film Still (1960).png
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Screenplay byMontgomery Tully
Maurice J. Wilson
Story by John Sherman
Produced byMaurice J. Wilson
Starring William Hartnell
Betty McDowall
Eddie Byrne
Cinematography Walter J. Harvey
Edited by Jim Connock
Music by Don Banks
Production
company
Eternal Films
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Jackpot is a 1960 British second feature [1] crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring William Hartnell, Betty McDowall and Eddie Byrne. [2]

Contents

Plot

An ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. He and an accomplice rob the safe in the Jackpot Club. The police and the owner of the club want to track down the robbers.

Cast

Critical reception

Kine Weekly said: "The picture, slick crime fare, brings to fiction the realism and excitement of fact. William Hartnell looks and lives his part as the hawk-eyed Frawley, Betty McDowall wins sympathy as the frightened Kay, Eddie Byrne convinces as the double-crossing Sam, and George Mikell can’t be faulted as the vicious Carl. Its supporting players, too, register. There is no dallying at the start, sentiment neatly punctuates violence, and the Arsenal Stadium climax is both salutary and showmanlike." [3]

Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Though very routine in conception and treatment, this little crime thriller is at any rate slickly done. Taut from the word go, the climax at Arsenal Stadium during a floodlit football match is also more resourceful than the average B-picture finale. William Hartnell is largely wasted in a somewhat inconspicuous part; but most of the supporting players register, particularly Victor Brooks as a Detective Sergeant on the case." [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roddy McDowall</span> British actor (1928–1998)

Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall was a British and American actor. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, in How Green Was My Valley (1941), My Friend Flicka (1943), and Lassie Come Home (1943).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Mikell</span> Lithuanian-Australian actor and writer (1929–2020)

George Mikell was a Lithuanian-Australian actor and writer best known for his performances as Schutzstaffel (SS) officers in The Guns of Navarone (1961) and The Great Escape (1963). Mikell appeared in over 30 British and American feature films and had numerous leading roles in theatre.

<i>Double Confession</i> 1950 film

Double Confession is a 1950 British crime film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, William Hartnell and Peter Lorre. The screenplay by William Templeton is based on the novel All On A Summer's Day by H.L.V. Fletcher, written under the pen name John Garden.

<i>Tomorrow at Ten</i> 1962 British film

Tomorrow at Ten is a 1962 British thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring John Gregson, Robert Shaw and Kenneth Cope.

Jack the Ripper is a 1959 film produced and directed by Monty Berman and Robert S. Baker. It is loosely based on Leonard Matters' theory that Jack the Ripper was an avenging doctor. The black-and-white film stars Lee Patterson and Eddie Byrne and co-stars Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier, and Ewen Solon. It was released in England in 1959, and shown in the U.S. in 1960.

<i>The Girl in the Picture</i> (1957 film) 1957 British film

The Girl in the Picture is a 1957 British second feature crime film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Donald Houston and Patrick Holt.

<i>Saloon Bar</i> 1940 British film

Saloon Bar is a 1940 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan and Mervyn Johns. It was made by Ealing Studios and its style has led to comparisons with the later Ealing Comedies, unlike other wartime Ealing films which are different in tone. It is based on the 1939 play of the same name by Frank Harvey in which Harker had also starred. An amateur detective tries to clear an innocent man of a crime before the date of his execution.

<i>Blood Orange</i> (1953 film) 1953 film by Terence Fisher

Blood Orange is a 1953 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Tom Conway and Mila Parély. It was released in the United States as Three Stops to Murder. A private eye investigating a jewel robbery at a London fashion house finds himself involved in a murder mystery.

<i>The Breaking Point</i> (1961 film) 1961 film

The Breaking Point is a 1961 second feature British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Peter Reynolds, Dermot Walsh, Joanna Dunham and Lisa Gastoni.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Victor Brooks (actor)</span> English actor

Victor Brooks (1918–2000) was a prolific English film and television actor.

<i>The Price of Silence</i> (1960 film) 1960 film by Montgomery Tully

The Price of Silence is a 1960 British crime film directed by Montgomery Tully, and starring Gordon Jackson and June Thorburn, with Mary Clare, Maya Koumani and Terence Alexander in supporting roles. An ex-convict is blackmailed and suspected of murder.

<i>Diamond Safari</i> (1958 film) 1958 film by Gerald Mayer

Diamond Safari is a 1958 American crime film directed by Gerald Mayer and starring Kevin McCarthy, Betty McDowall and André Morell. Its plot involves an American who battles diamond smugglers in Africa.

<i>Date with Disaster</i> 1957 film by Charles Saunders

Date with Disaster is a 1957 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Tom Drake, William Hartnell and Shirley Eaton. An innocent man becomes a suspect for a crime he did not commit.

<i>Murder at 3am</i> 1953 film by Francis Searle

Murder at 3 a.m. is a 1953 British crime film second feature directed by Francis Searle and starring Dennis Price, Peggy Evans and Rex Garner. A Scotland Yard detective investigates a series of attacks on women.

<i>Cover Girl Killer</i> 1959 British film

Cover Girl Killer is a 1959 black and white British thriller film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young, Victor Brooks and Spencer Teakle.

<i>Never Back Losers</i> 1961 British film by Robert Tronson

Never Back Losers is a 1961 British crime film directed by Robert Tronson and starring Jack Hedley, Jacqueline Ellis and Patrick Magee. The film is based on The Green Ribbon (1929) by Edgar Wallace. It was one of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries, British second-features, produced at Merton Park Studios in the 1960s.

<i>The Diamond</i> (film) 1954 British film

The Diamond is a 1954 British film noir crime film directed by Montgomery Tully/Dennis O'Keefe and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Margaret Sheridan and Philip Friend. It is based on the 1952 novel Rich Is the Treasure by Maurice Procter. It was released by United Artists in Britain and in America, where it was known as The Diamond Wizard.

<i>The Hostage</i> (1956 film) 1956 British film by Harold Huth

The Hostage is a 1956 British crime film directed by Harold Huth and starring Ron Randell, Mary Parker and John Bailey.

<i>Stock Car</i> (film) 1955 British film

Stock Car is a 1955 British second feature crime drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Paul Carpenter, Rona Anderson, and Susan Shaw.

<i>Dangerous Voyage</i> 1954 British film

Dangerous Voyage is a 1954 British second feature mystery crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring William Lundigan, Naomi Chance and Vincent Ball. It was distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated in the UK, and in the United States by Lippert Pictures as Terror Ship.

References

  1. Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 146. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. "Jackpot". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  3. "Jackpot". Kine Weekly . 514 (2737): 33. 17 March 1960 via ProQuest.
  4. "Jackpot". Monthly Film Bulletin . 27 (312): 70. 1960 via ProQuest.