Shot largely on location in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Sidney Hayers'
"Payroll" is a remarkably good British heist movie dealing, not just
with a robbery, but with dishonour amongst thieves. It's not quite "The
Asphalt Jungle" or "Rififi" but it's an outstanding example of its kind
with a first-rate script by George Baxt, excellent cinematography from
Ernest Steward and sterling direction from Hayers. It's also got a great
cast that includes Michael Craig, Tom Bell, Billie Whitelaw (superb),
Kenneth Griffith and the French actress Francoise Prevost while the
robbery itself is brilliantly handled, if only by the film-makers and
not the robbers. Something of a small genre classic.
Friday, 21 June 2019
PAYROLL **
Shot largely on location in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Sidney Hayers'
"Payroll" is a remarkably good British heist movie dealing, not just
with a robbery, but with dishonour amongst thieves. It's not quite "The
Asphalt Jungle" or "Rififi" but it's an outstanding example of its kind
with a first-rate script by George Baxt, excellent cinematography from
Ernest Steward and sterling direction from Hayers. It's also got a great
cast that includes Michael Craig, Tom Bell, Billie Whitelaw (superb),
Kenneth Griffith and the French actress Francoise Prevost while the
robbery itself is brilliantly handled, if only by the film-makers and
not the robbers. Something of a small genre classic.
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