The Challenge (Original title)It Takes a Thief (Alternative title)
Dates: 1959 (Copyright), 12 October 1959 (Production), 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Gilling
Synopsis: Deals with lorry driver's encounter with tough crime syndicate.
Genre: Crime
Subject: Lorry drivers
Releases
Date: 1959not specifiedRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8006 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1959 (Copyright), 12 October 1959 (Production), 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Gilling
Synopsis: Deals with lorry driver's encounter with tough crime syndicate.
Genre: Crime
Subject: Lorry drivers
Releases
Date: 1959not specifiedRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8006 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Alexandra Productions Limited, {Opening Logo}: Alliance Film Studios Limited, Presents: Alexandra Productions, Produced by: John Temple-Smith, Production Controller: John Pellatt, Assistant Director: Gus Agosti, Continuity: Helen Whitson, Casting: James Liggatt, Original Story and Screenplay by: John Gilling, Director of Photography: Gordon Dines, Camera Operator: Dudley Lovell, Supervising Editor: Alan Osbiston, Editor: John V. Smith, Production Designer: Tom Morahan, Art Director: Jim Morahan, Costume Designer: Beatrice Dawson, Wardrobe Mistress: Jean Fairlie, Make-up: Stuart Freeborn, Hairstylist: Frieda Steiger, Music Composed and Conducted by: William McGuffie, Lyrics: Robert Halfin, With [music performed by] the: Orchestra Cine-Musica of London, Sound Recordist: Dick Smith, Sound Recordist: Wally Milner, Sound: Dave Goghan, Sound Editor: Norman Savage, Made at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast
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Jayne Mansfield (Billy), Anthony Quayle (Jim), Carl Möhner (Kristy), Peter Reynolds (Buddy), Barbara Mullen (Ma Piper), Robert Brown (Bob Crowther), Dermot Walsh (Detective Inspector Willis), Patrick Holt (Max), Edward Judd (Detective Sergeant Gittens), John Bennett (Spider), Lorraine Clewes (Mrs Rick), Percy Herbert (shop steward), John Stratton (Rick), Liane Marelli (striptease artiste), Bill McGuffie (nightclub pianist), Peter Pike (Joey), Lloyd Lamble (Dr Westerley), John Wood (school inspector), Bryan Pringle (sergeant), Arthur Brough (landlord), Marigold Russell (hostess), Wally Patch (ticket collector), Victor Brooks (foreman), Bill Shine (farm labourer), Richard Shaw (lorry driver), David Davenport (policeman)