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Clash by Night (Original title)Escape by Night (Alternative title)
Dates: 1963 (Copyright), 15 February 1965 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Montgomery Tully

Synopsis: A bus transporting criminals from court to prison is held up by crooks who rescue Rennison, one of the criminals. The bus is driven to a deserted farm and all its occupants are locked in a barn.

Genre:
Crime
Releases
Date: 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 75 mins Length: 6781 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (23)
©/Production Company: Eternal Films, Presents: Grand National Pictures, Produced by: Maurice J. Wilson, Production Manager: Patrick Marsden, First Assistant Director: David Tringham, Continuity: Jane Buck, Screenplay by: Maurice J. Wilson, Montgomery Tully, Based on the novel 'Clash by Night' by: Rupert Croft-Cooke, Lighting Cameraman: Geoffrey Faithfull, Camera Operator: Alan Mckabe, Editor: Maurice Rootes, Art Director: Frank White, Wardrobe: Masada Wilmot, Make-up: Sid Turner, Music Composed by: John Veale, Musical Director: Philip Martell, Sound Supervisor: A.W. Watkins, Sound Recordist: Dave Bowen, Dubbing Editor: Alastair McIntyre, Dubbing Mixer: J.B. Smith, Made at: MGM British Studios
Cast (15)
Terence Longdon (Martin Lord), Jennifer Jayne (Nita Lord), Harry Fowler (Doug Roberts), Alan Wheatley (Major Ronald Grey-Simmons), Peter Sallis (Victor Lush), John Arnatt (Inspector Croft), Hilda Fenemore (Mrs Peel), Arthur Lovegrove (Ernie Peel), Vanda Godsell (Mrs Grey-simmons), Richard Carpenter (Danny Watts), Mark Dignam (Sydney Selweyn), Robert Brown (Mawsley), Stanley Meadows (George Brett), Tom Bowman (Bart Rennison), Ray Austen (the intruder)