UW Cinematheque - Marquee Mondays
Cash on Demand UK | 1962 | 35mm | 84 min. Director: Quentin Lawrence
Event Details
Date
Monday, December 9, 2013
Time
7 p.m.
Location
The Marquee, Union South
Description
Cast: Peter Cushing, André Morell, Richard Vernon
A humorless taskmaster of a bank manager (Cushing) finds himself the hostage of a charming but brutal criminal (Morell). The thief plans to rob the bank while using the staff’s resentment towards their boss to his advantage. An offbeat departure for the usually horror-centric Hammer Films, this clever and riveting heist thriller is also one of the big-screen’s most unusual variations on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
A humorless taskmaster of a bank manager (Cushing) finds himself the hostage of a charming but brutal criminal (Morell). The thief plans to rob the bank while using the staff’s resentment towards their boss to his advantage. An offbeat departure for the usually horror-centric Hammer Films, this clever and riveting heist thriller is also one of the big-screen’s most unusual variations on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
Cost
Free
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