Estranho Assalto

Título original: Cash on Demand

1961
Approved
1 h 29 min

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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaA charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal 97,000 pounds.

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Mary Fordyce
(narração)
(não creditado)

Charles Morgan

Det. Sgt. Collins
(não creditado)

Paddy Smith

Bank Customer
(não creditado)

Fred Stone

Window Cleaner
(não creditado)

Gareth Tandy

Tommy Fordyce
(narração)
(não creditado)

Graham Tonbridge

Bank Customer
(não creditado)

Direção
- Quentin Lawrence
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Curiosidades
Although certificated by the BBFC in June 1961, this film did not get a release in the UK until December 1963, when it went out as the support film for Adeus, Amor (1963).

Erros de gravação
Although failing to shut the inner vault door should result in a burglar alarm going off after 30 seconds, a full 41 tension-filled seconds elapse before Fordyce closes it without triggering the alarm.

Citações
Fordyce: The opinion of a common thief is of no interest to me.
Hepburn: I flatter myself I am a rather *uncommon* thief. A common one would just make off with the money, but I can't help interesting myself in people. It's a failing you ought to cultivate, Fordyce.

Versões alternativas
The UK theatrical release in 1963 (two years after the U.S. release) cut the running time down to 67 minutes, eliminating character scenes involving Fordyce and the bank employees (including an early conflict between Fordyce and Pearson over allegedly falsified records, and Fordyce's subsequent denial of Pearson's request for a recommendation to transfer to a London branch).

Conexões
Referenced in Endeavour: Coda (2016)

Trilhas sonoras
The First Noel
(uncredited)
Traditional English carol

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7/10

Suspenseful bank heist film from Hammer

A by-the-books bank manager is forced to rob his own bank by a charming thief who holds his family hostage.

Peter Cushing and Andre Morrell repeat the solid on screen chemistry they displayed three years earlier when they teamed up as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in Hammer's version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). This time they are antagonists with Morrell playing the suave robber and Cushing - in a change of pace role - as the ultra priggish banker. Morrell is deliciously nasty but Cushing really deserves some acting kudos for creating a "jerk" of a character that you actually start to sympathize with as Morrell turns the screws.

Quentin Lawrence, a veteran of British TV, skillfully directs a tight script in a confined setting and keeps the tension high and story moving - almost like it's unfolding in real time. Once the normal routines and relationships are quickly established, he ratchets up the tension with Morrell's arrival and never lets up. The psychological duel begins and it's a treat to watch.

My only nitpick about the film is the ending which I thought was a little too neat and tidy for my taste.