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The Safecracker
Director: Ray Milland Writers: Rhys Davies (I), Bruce Thomas (II), Paul Monash
Color: Black and White
| Ray Milland | Colley Dawson | |
| Barry Jones (I) | Bennett Carfield | |
![]() | Jeanette Sterke | Irene |
![]() | Victor Maddern | Morris |
![]() | Ernest Clark (I) | Major Adbury |
![]() | Cyril Raymond (I) | Inspector Frankham |
![]() | Melissa Stribling | Angela |
![]() | Percy Herbert | Sergeant Harper |
![]() | Barbara Everest | Mrs. Dawson |
![]() | Anthony Nicholls | General Prior |
![]() | David Horne (I) | Herbert Fenwright |
![]() | Colin Gordon | Dakers |
![]() | Clive Morton | Sir George Turvey |
![]() | John Welsh (I) | Inspector Owing |
![]() | Pamela Stirling | Belgian Messenger |
![]() | Colin Tapley | Colonel Charles Mercer |
![]() | Henri Vidon | Lonsen (as Henry Vidon) |
![]() | Ian MacNaughton | Thomson |
![]() | Bernard Fox (I) | Shafter |
![]() | Richard Shaw (I) | Bailey |
![]() | Charles Lloyd Pack | Lambert |
![]() | Barry Keegan | Squadron Leader Hawkes |
| Jackie Collins | Fenwright's Secretary | |
![]() | Ferdy Mayne | Greek Ship Owner |
![]() | Arnold Bell | Detective |
![]() | Gerald Case | Car Salesman |
![]() | John Robinson (I) | Assistant Chief of Staff |
![]() | Basil Dignam | Air Vice Marshal |
![]() | Sam Kydd | McCullers |
![]() | Hilda Fenemore | Mrs. McCullers |
![]() | Bernard Foreman | Foreman |
![]() | Eddie Eddon | Eddon |
![]() | David Lodge (I) | Parachute Instructor |
![]() | Richard Marner | German N.C.O |
![]() | Wolf Frees | German Commandant |
![]() | Carl Conway (I) | German Sergeant |
![]() | Ernst Walder | German Security Policeman |
An honest expert on locks, Colley Dawson (Ray Milland) turns safecracker after he meets Benny Carfield (Barry Jones), unscrupulous dealer in antiques; Dawson steals the goods and Carfield disposes of them, and the resulting profits enable Dawson to lead a double life with small-part film actress Vi (Melissa Stribling.) Scotland Yard catches up with him and Dawson is sentenced to ten years in prison. Two years later, in 1940, England is at war with Germany, and the War Office, planning a raid on a German-occupied chateau in Belgium, is looking for a man who can crack a difficult safe so that the contents, containing lists of Nazi agents in Britain, can be photographed without leaving a trace of the operation. Dawson, in exchange for the eight years of prison awaiting him, agrees to do the job. He, of course, also gets involved with the daughter, Irene (Jeannette Sterke), of the local resistance leader.




















