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.
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
A criminal fleeing a bank robbery has a chance encounter with a banker and his wife and takes a locket with both their pictures in it as a remembrance of the wife's stunning beauty.
Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the government recover the loot from the Great Train Robbery, which is being used to underwrite a new crime wave.
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation.
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution.
While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream.
Scotland Yard investigators have to prevent the murder of Victoria Dickman when her name is found on a death list.
Alternative movies trailers for Offbeat
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The Syndicate's William Sylvester heads the cast of this aptly titled early-Sixties suspense thriller featuring an MI5 man entrusted with a high-tension undercover ...
Offbeat (1961) - the team plan the job
Layton/Ross (William Sylvester) is accepted by Dawson (Anthony Dawson) and Johnny (John Meillon) into their 'company' as they start to plan their next job.
Offbeat (1961) - the opening sequence
The opening sequence of Cliff Owen's debut film where Layton (William Sylvester) turns out not to be a bank robber but an MI5 agent recruited by Scotland ...
Offbeat (1961) - the team rally round
Layton (William Sylvester) finds his gang rally round as they try to tunnel their way into a jeweller's; with Anthony Dawson John Meillon Neil McCarthy and Harry ...
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