No Safety Ahead

1959 British film by Max Varnel

  • Edward J. Danziger
  • Harry Lee Danziger
Starring
  • James Kenney
  • Susan Beaumont
CinematographyJames WilsonEdited byMaurice RootesMusic by
  • Jack Gerber
  • Albert Elms (uncredited)
Production
company
Danziger Productions
Distributed byParamount British Pictures (UK)
Release date
  • May 1959 (1959-05) (UK)
Running time
68 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

No Safety Ahead is a 1959 British film directed by Max Varnel and starring James Kenney and Susan Beaumont.[1]

Plot

Clem is a hard-up office clerk who unwillingly joins a gang planning a bank robbery. The heist ends in murder, and after running away he gives himself up.

Cast

  • James Kenney as Clem
  • Susan Beaumont as Jean
  • Denis Shaw as Inspector
  • Gordon Needham as Richardson
  • Tony Doonan as Don
  • John Charlesworth as Jeff
  • Brian Weske as Bill
  • Robert Raglan as Langton
  • Mark Singleton as Fordham
  • Hal Osmond (uncredited)

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: This laborious "crime does not pay" concoction neither holds nor convinces, and the sentimental conclusion leaves far too many loose ends dangling. The acting, too, seems very much at a loss."[2]

References

  1. ^ "No Safety Ahead". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ "No Safety Ahead". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 91. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.

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