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
The Devil Inside Trailer
United Kingdom 01 January 1961
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During World War II, a group of British soldiers are captured by the Japanese, tortured and their hands are cut off.
19 October 1930
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.
28 July 1929
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend.
02 September 1948
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.
04 May 1944
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
20 May 2004
A mysterious serial killer is shocking the underworld. Scotland Yard is investigating the case. Clues lead the detectives to Blackwhite Castle.
21 March 1975
A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition.
19 July 1968
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.
28 August 1947
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared.
04 September 1959
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.
16 August 2002
While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream.
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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.
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 ...
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 ...
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1961:
22 December 1961
In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff.
24 November 1961
The sincere and innocent amorous outburst of a mining apprentice clashes with the insensitive misunderstanding of adults.
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.
24 May 1961
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
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 April 1961
A little boy, craving for his father's attention, imagines a made-up "Mr. President" who looks just like his father but is caring and attentive.
01 November 1961
Family with young-adult children returns to Mexico after many years in Spain.
09 August 1961
Various murders are examined by a private investigator.
01 December 1961
This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours in the life of Waterloo Station.
12 October 1961
Albert and Corinna begin a camping site in their backyard and soon welcome a bunch of eccentric, love lost holiday goers.
28 November 1961
On the Faroe Islands in the North Sea lives the seductive and mysterious Barbara, who plunges men into misfortune.
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.
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