The Flying Scot (Original title)Mailbag Robbery (Alternative title)
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 06 January 1958 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Compton Bennett
Synopsis: Crime thriller. A criminal gang carry out a daring banknote robbery on an overnight express train. Their aim is to occupy the compartment next to the train's mailroom, ensuring privacy by posing as a honeymooning couple, and then with an accomplice's help, to break through the compartment wall the money.
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Subjects: Railway journeys, Robberies
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 69 mins Length: 6225 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: September 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 69 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 06 January 1958 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Compton Bennett
Synopsis: Crime thriller. A criminal gang carry out a daring banknote robbery on an overnight express train. Their aim is to occupy the compartment next to the train's mailroom, ensuring privacy by posing as a honeymooning couple, and then with an accomplice's help, to break through the compartment wall the money.
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Subjects: Railway journeys, Robberies
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 69 mins Length: 6225 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: September 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 69 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(32)
©/Production Company: Insignia Films, Executive Producer: Peter Rogers, Producer: Compton Bennett, Production Manager: "Freddie" Pearson, [Production Secretary]: Pauline Chessell, Assistant Director: René Dupont, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Bob Jones, Continuity: Rita Davison, Screenplay: Norman Hudis, Original story: Jan Read, Ralph Smart, Director of Photography: Peter Hennessy, Camera Operator: Paddy A'hearne, [Focus Puller]: Tommy Fletcher, [Clapper Loader]: Michael Rutter, [Stills]: Tom Belsham, Editor: John Trumper, [Assistant Editor]: Alan Bell, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: John Simester, Art Director: Jack Stevens, [Draughtsman]: Eric Saw, Wardrobe: Vi Murray, Make-up: Eleanor Jones, Hairdresser: Eileen Warwick, Music Director: Stanley Black, Sound Recording: Len Page, [Sound Camera Operator]: George Rice, [Boom Operator]: Don Roberts, [Sound Maintenance]: Frank Sloggett, [Publicity Director]: Philip Ridgeway, Studio: Beaconsfield Studios
Cast
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Lee Patterson (Ronnie), Kay Callard (Jackie), Alan Gifford (Phil), Margaret Withers (middle-aged lady, former nurse), Mark Baker (Gibbs), Jeremy Bodkin (Charlie, the boy), Gerald Case (guard), Margaret Gordon (drinker's wife), John Lee (young man), Kerry Jordan (drunk), John Dearth (father), Patsy Smart ([mother]), Geoffrey Bodkin ([neat boy])