The Criminal

Sep 13, 1960

1h 37m

★ 6.3

The toughest picture ever made in Britain!

Overview

When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Merton Park Studios

The Criminal Trailers

Cast

Johnny Bannion

Stanley Baker

Mike Carter

Sam Wanamaker

Frank Saffron

Grégoire Aslan

Suzanne

Margit Saad

Maggie

Jill Bennett

Edwards

Rupert Davies

Mr. Town

Laurence Naismith

Formby

John Van Eyssen

Prison Governor

Noel Willman

Priest

Derek Francis

Prison Doctor

Redmond Phillips

Clobber

Kenneth J. Warren

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6.3

Johnny Handsome

Sep 12, 1989

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.

6.2

Killing Zoe

Oct 1, 1993

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.

7.2

A History of Violence

Sep 23, 2005

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

7.8

Snatch

Sep 1, 2000

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

6.4

Millions

Apr 8, 2005

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?

6.8

Brighton Rock

Jan 9, 1948

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

6.5

The Doom Generation

Oct 20, 1995

Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.

6.8

11:14

Sep 5, 2003

Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.

4.2

Girl in the Cadillac

Oct 24, 1995

A runaway teenage girl and a drifter rob a bank, hit the road to elude the Texas Rangers and find love on the run.

6.6

Johan Falk: GSI - Gruppen för särskilda insatser

Jun 25, 2009

Johan works in tandem with the GSI organized crime unit to bring in a cadre of armored car robbers

6.5

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Oct 30, 1948

Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.

5.9

Normal Life

Jan 26, 1996

Chris Anderson and his wife Pam live a fairly normal life until Chris loses his job on the police force and secretly turns to robbing banks to make his wife's dreams come true. Upon discovering his secret, she joins his deadly crime wave and together they terrorize an unsuspecting suburban town.

4.8

Port of New York

Nov 28, 1949

Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.

7.1

Straight Time

Mar 18, 1978

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.

7.7

Le Deuxième Souffle

Nov 1, 1966

A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.