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A ruthless crook apparently abducts the wife and child of a bank manager and then masquerades as an insurance company detective while scheming to rob the institution in this crime drama. Unfortunately, some of the managers employees learn about the plot and the terrified manager must beg them to remain silent. Fortunately, the police have been on the case all along.
Its December 23rd, and the staff at the small Haversham Branch of the City & Colonial Bank are preparing for their Christmas party tonight. One person who wont be attending is Harry Fordyce, the fifteen year branch manager, a stern, humorless, by-the-books man who does not associate with his subordinates and who will not allow his staff to adorn the branch with any Christmas related items. Rather than authorize the requested transfer by his head clerk Pearson to another branch, Fordyce is thinking about firing him for a £10 discrepancy which Pearson authorized but which was cleared up before Fordyce saw the error. If fired, Pearson would never be able to get another position at another bank. That morning as the branch opens, they receive an unexpected visit by Colonel Gore Hepburn, who represents the banks insurance company, he who is doing a surprise inspection. What Fordyce alone learns early in Hepburns visit is that he is not who he says he is, but rather a robber who has a detailed plan to rob the branch of £90,000. The plot entails Hepburn spending exactly 45 minutes at the branch, and a further one hour getaway during which time Fordyce is not to tell anyone, including the police, of the robbery. Hepburn has Fordyces wife and son as hostages at his home to get him to go along with the plot. As the morning wears on and as Fordyce follows Hepburns unbending instructions "or else", Fordyce may have some issue carrying out those instructions because of the strained relationship he has with his staff.
Peter Cushing
Harry Fordyce
André Morell
Colonel Gore Hepburn
Richard Vernon
Pearson
Norman Bird
Arthur Sanderson
Kevin Stoney
Detective Inspector Bill Mason
Barry Lowe
Peter Harvill
Edith Sharpe
Miss Pringle
Lois Daine
Sally
Alan Haywood
Kane
Jimmy Cains
Sidewalk Santa Claus
Vera Cook
Mary Fordyce
Charles Morgan
Det. Sgt. Collins
Paddy Smith
Bank Customer
Fred Stone
Window Cleaner
Gareth Tandy
Tommy Fordyce
Graham Tonbridge
Bank Customer
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