No Safety Ahead

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No Safety Ahead
"No Safety Ahead" (1959).jpg
Directed by Max Varnel
Written byRobert Hirst
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited by Maurice Rootes
Music by
Production
company
Danziger Productions
Distributed by Paramount British Pictures (UK)
Release date
  • May 1959 (1959-05)(UK)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

No Safety Ahead is a 1959 British film directed by Max Varnel and starring James Kenney and Susan Beaumont. [1] It was written By Robert Hirst and produced by The Danzigers.

Contents

Plot

Clem is a hard-up office clerk who unwillingly joins a gang planning a bank robbery. The heist ends in murder, and after running away he gives himself up.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: This laborious "crime does not pay" concoction neither holds nor convinces, and the sentimental conclusion leaves far too many loose ends dangling. The acting, too, seems very much at a loss." [2]

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References

  1. "No Safety Ahead". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. "No Safety Ahead". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 26 (300): 91. 1 January 1959 via ProQuest.