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The Breaking Point

The Breaking Point

1961Movie⏱️ 59m
CrimeDrama
⭐ 5.5
IMDB Rating
151 votes

The nephew of a printer gets involved with foreign spies intent on making counterfeit money.

Director
Lance Comfort
Writers
Peter Lambert, Laurence Meynell
Stars
Peter Reynolds, Dermot Walsh, Joanna Dunham
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
πŸ’¬ 8
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Peter Reynolds
Peter Reynolds
as Eric
Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh
as Robert
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Joanna Dunham
as Cherry
Lisa Gastoni
Lisa Gastoni
as Eva
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Brian Cobby
as Peter de Savory
Jack Allen
Jack Allen
as Ernest Winlatter
Geoffrey Denton
Geoffrey Denton
as Debt Collector
Arnold Diamond
Arnold Diamond
as Telling
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Richard Golding
as Mintos
John G. Heller
John G. Heller
as Mei

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Walton Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK
Production
Butcher's Film Distributors

🏷️ Keywords

spybased on novelindependent film

🎯 Categories

CrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Typical UK B crime flick from the early sixties
by searchanddestroy-1 β€’ 2023-04-26

"There were tons of such productions, cheap ones of course, in the early sixties, thanks to Butchers Prod and Danzigers too, among many other lesser companies...Tons, most of them forgettable just after viewing. Montgomery Tully, Lance Comfort, Vernon Sewell were the most notorious directors for such stuff. Never long but sometimes a bit talkative, nothing to do with Warner Bros style of the forties for instance. Rarely fast paced...Mostly crime and not so many horror, leaving this to masters such as Terry Fisher, Freddie Francis.... This one is not that amazing; I expected an armored car attac..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

Major development work had taken place in the late 1950s to make Gatwick Airport a more viable rival to Heathrow. Many scenes in the latter half of this film were shot there, in an attempt to showcase the airport's increased capability.

πŸ“– Synopsis

The nephew of a printer gets involved with foreign spies intent on making counterfeit money.