Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene, commandeer a boat and take the three women on board hostage as they try to outrun the law.
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Googie Withers as Anne Stirling
John McCallum as Mitch Gillis
Bill Kerr as Dinty Missouri
Joan Hickson as Rosalie Watchett
Wendy Danielli as Daphne Stirling
Hugh Pryse as Skinner
Alexander Gauge as Inspector Levins
Ewan Roberts as Sergeant Rutherford
Gerald Andersen as Det. Sgt. Shafto (as Gerald Anderson)
Basil Dignam as Det. Sgt. Crawford
Ingeborg von Kusserow as Lucy (as Ingeborg Wells)
Cameron Hall as Bates
Doug Robinson as Field
Jack Lester as Ship's Mate
George Rose as Publican
Robert Bruce as Policeman
Anthony Young Director
Abby Mann Additional Writing
Don Russell Art Direction
Eric Pavitt Assistant Director
Clifford Sandall Sound Recordist
John Pomeroy Supervising Editor
Barbara S. Harper Screenplay
Anthony Young Screenplay
Peter Pitt Editor
Barbara Wainwright Continuity
Barbara S. Harper Story
Lance Comfort Producer
Bretton Byrd Music
Phil Grindrod Director of Photography
United Kingdom 01 May 1956
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