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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Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. This moniker refers to the bulging-eyed mask worn by the evildoer, and is reflected by the frog icons painfully tatooed onto the forearms of his henchmen.
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1961:
05 May 1961
Dressed in a long raincoat, Eve follows the handyman around as he makes his appointed rounds. She witnesses humorous run-ins on his various errands.
12 March 1961
When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in motion the story of Ooka Echizen, the famed magistrate of Edo during the reign of Shogun Tsuneyoshi.
01 November 1961
Family with young-adult children returns to Mexico after many years in Spain.
24 May 1961
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
07 April 1961
Max Varnel’s British mystery thriller. After discovering a famous painting is a forgery, a noted art critic is killed by a hit-and-run driver.
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.
24 November 1961
The sincere and innocent amorous outburst of a mining apprentice clashes with the insensitive misunderstanding of adults.
26 April 1961
Walter Chiari as a Pugliese who lives in Milan. He has two cousins identical to him. The two arrive in the city to find work and twist their lives.
09 August 1961
Various murders are examined by a private investigator.
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