
Robbery(1967)
In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.


“Can Bad Boys Make Good?”
Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.

Dirk Bogarde
Alfie Rawlins

Richard Attenborough
Jackie Knowles

Jack Warner
Governor

Jimmy Hanley
Bill Foster

Barbara Murray
Kitty Hurst

Andrew Crawford
Casey

Patrick Holt
Tigson

Thora Hird
Mrs. Knowles

Michael Medwin
Alf "Sparrow" Thompson

John Blythe
Bossy Phillips
Boys in Brown is a crime film released in 1949 exploring themes of male friendship, based on play or musical, reformatory, reform school, getaway driver. Directed by Montgomery Tully, it stars Dirk Bogarde, Richard Attenborough, Jack Warner. Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.
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