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The Frightened City

The Frightened City1961

★6.697 minCrimeDrama

A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.

Director

Writer

Leigh Vance John Lemont

Score

Stars

Herbert Lom John Gregson Sean Connery

Cast46

Herbert Lom
as Waldo Zhernikov
John Gregson
as Det. Insp. Sayers
Sean Connery
as Paddy Damion
Alfred Marks
as Harry Foulcher
Yvonne Romain
as Anya Bergodin
Olive McFarland
as Sadie
Frederick Piper
as Sgt. Bob Ogle
Marianne Stone
as Barmaid
John Stone
as Hood
David Davies
as Alf Peters
Tom Bowman
as Tanky Thomas
R
Robert Cawdron
as Nero
George Pastell
as Sanchetti
Patrick Holt
as Supt. Carter
S
Sheena Marshe
as Avril
Patrick Jordan
as Frankie Farmer
Arnold Diamond
as Moffat
Jack Stewart
as Tyson
Martin Wyldeck
as Security Officer
J
John Baker
as Warder
Kenneth Griffith
as Wally
D
Doug Robinson
as Salty Brewer
R
Robert Percival
as Wingrove
J
John Witty
as T.V. Announcer
J.G. Devlin
as Informer
J
Julie Shearing
as Hatcheck Girl
A
April Wilding
as Pretty Secretary (Wingrove)
Vanda Godsell
as Sophie Peters
Bruce Seton
as Assistant Commissioner
Y
Yvonne Ball
as Myrna
Kenneth J. Warren
as Title Thug
Stephen Lewis
as Alf's 1st Thug
J
James Fitzgerald
as Alf's 2nd Thug
N
Neal Arden
as Head Waiter - Taboo Club
J
Joan Haythorne
as Miss Rush (Waldo's Secretary)
Stuart Saunders
as Publican
John Maxim
as Lippy Green
T
Tony Hawes
as Lord Buncholme
J
Joe Wadham
as Rover Driver
P
Penny Service
as Clarissa
Walter Brown
as Billy Agnew
Maurice Bush
as Basher Prebble
N
Norrie Paramor
as Pianist (Taboo Club)
M
Malcolm Clare
as Choreographer (Taboo Club)
Yvonne Buckingham
as Pretty Girl (Taboo Club)
Eve Eden
as Cigarette Girl (Taboo Club)

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