Rent The Hand / The Ambush of Leopard Street (1962)
2.8 of 5 from 6 ratings
1h 59min
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- Synopsis:
Double bill of British crime dramas from the early 1960s.
The Hand (1960)
Henry Cass directed this 1960 support film. Three British soldiers are captured in Burma and incarcerated in a Japanese POW; Corporal George Adams (Bryan Coleman), Private Mike Broclie (Reed De Rouen) and Captain Roberts (Derek Bond). Brodie and Adams are interrogated by the exasperated Japanese officer, who severs their right hands when they refuse to talk. Years later in London, Inspector Munyard (Ronald Leigh-Hunt) investigates the murder of a drunk who claims to have sold his amputated hand for £500. Scotland Yard begins searching for the killer behind a series of gruesome murders.Ambush in Leopard Street (1962)
Made in 1962, this Luckwell production tells the story of an armed holdup in London. A retired thief forms a gang for one last job, heisting a diamond shipment. With good period locations and a British cast that make this an enjoyable British B film.- Actors:
- Bryan Coleman, Reed De Rouen, Derek Bond, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, James Kenney, Michael Brennan, Bruce Seton, Norman Rodway, Jean Harvey, Pauline Delaney, Marie Conmee, Lawrence Crain, Sheila Donald, Susan Hayes, Charles Mitchell, Muriel O'Hanlon, Jeffrey O'Kelly, Walter Randall, Tony Hilton, Penny Reid
- Directors:
- Henry Cass, J. Henry Piperno
- Producers:
- Bill Luckwell, Jock MacGregor
- Writers:
- Ray Cooney, Tony Hilton, Ahmed Faroughy, Bernard Spicer
- Studio:
- Renown Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Horror
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