When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
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William Sylvester as Layton / Steve Ross
Mai Zetterling as Ruth Lombard
John Meillon as Johnny Hemick
Anthony Dawson as James Dawson
Neil McCarthy as Leo Farrell
Joseph Fürst as Paul Varna
Harry Baird as Gill Hall
John Phillips as Chief Superintendent Gault
Victor Brooks as Inspector Adams
Diana King as Maggie Dawson
Gerard Heinz as Jake
Nan Munro as Sarah Bennett
Ronald Adam as J. B. Wykeham
Neil Wilson as Pat Ryan
Sidney Vivian as Sam French
William Sherwood as Bank Manager
Cliff Owen Director
Peter Barnes Writer
E.M. Smedley-Aston Producer
Ken Jones Music
Geoffrey Faithfull Director of Photography
Antony Gibbs Editor
George Provis Art Direction
Jill Carpenter Makeup Artist
Betty Sherriff Hairstylist
Clifton Brandon Production Manager
René Dupont Assistant Director
Red Law Sound Recordist
Bill Salter Sound Recordist
Frank Drake Camera Operator
Ken Jones Conductor
Kay Rawlings Continuity
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United Kingdom 01 January 1961
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29 December 1961
Filmed at the Alhambra in Spain in just one day, according to Marie Menken. Arabesque for Kenneth Anger concentrates on visual details found in Moorish architecture and in ancient Spanish tile.
13 May 1961
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together.
29 September 1961
At a weekend gathering, a man tells a woman that they had spent time there together a year prior. But, the woman has no recollection whatsoever and is convinced that he is simply fabricating the encounter.
27 April 1961
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
11 August 1961
Christa Andres runs a home for troubled girls. With great dedication, she tries to help girls who have gone astray return to a normal life.
21 May 1961
Months before the out break of WWII, suspicion falls on a German ambassador when one of his envoys fails to return to Berlin.
12 May 1961
The young generation is not very at peace with the morality of their parents. In a story set in a Moravian village, the otherwise contented cooperators indulge in stealing from the common property without seeing anything wrong with such actions.
09 August 1961
Various murders are examined by a private investigator.
15 December 1961
"Gentleman bandit" and his gang execute a series of elaborate heists. #3 of 4 in a series.
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A young salesman from Trinidad tries to sell a complete set of encyclopedia to Sally Louth, a housewife living on the Chelsea-Fulham border in London.
24 November 1961
The sincere and innocent amorous outburst of a mining apprentice clashes with the insensitive misunderstanding of adults.
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