20% Match
Plunder Road(1957)
Movie6.9/10
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
Top Cast
Conrad Phillips
Curtis
Jill Ireland
Carol Bourne
William Hartnell
Smith
Charles Gray
Lawson
Peter Swanwick
Hoad
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Arthur Gomez
Landlord
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Doris Yorke
Mrs Figgis
Jean Aubrey
Waitress
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John Warwick
Inspector Cobley
Patricia Burke
Miss Prew
About The Desperate Man
The Desperate Man is a crime, drama film released in 1959. Directed by Peter Maxwell, it stars Conrad Phillips, Jill Ireland, William Hartnell. Two reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.
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