A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.
John Adams
- Police Constable
- (uncredited)
Anne Blake
- Mrs. Wilson
- (uncredited)
Donald Bradley
- Youth in Turntable
- (uncredited)
Fanny Carby
- Woman with Pram
- (uncredited)
Peggy Ann Clifford
- Mrs. Wilson's Neighbour
- (uncredited)
Alan Coleshill
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Wendy Craig
- Receptionist
- (uncredited)
David de Keyser
- Ticket Clerk
- (uncredited)
Jill Dixon
- Joan
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFeature directorial debut of Clive Donner.
- GoofsMolly folds the newspaper with the robbery headlines up and puts it inside her handbag, but when Freddie enters the kitchen the folded newspaper is on top of her handbag.
- Quotes
Harry: You're late.
Mike Wilson: Yes, I missed the bus this morning.
Harry: You missed the bus years ago.
- SoundtracksBut You
By Ray Martin (as Lester Powell) and Jack Fishman (as Danny Maule)
Sung by Jimmy Parkinson
Accompaniment directed by Eric Jupp (uncredited)
on a Columbia Record
Featured review
The Secret Place
OK, so it does sag somewhat in the middle - but otherwise this is quite a well paced crime drama that sees "Molly" (Belinda Lee) caught up in a plan by her friend "Gerry" (Ronald Lewis) that ensnares her impressionable brother "Mike" (David McCallum) and her even more impressionable young fan "Freddie" (Michael Brooke) into a daring diamond robbery. Turns out the youngster's dad is a policeman, and when he procures - unwittingly - a police uniform to assist the gang with their robbery; things begin to close in on "Molly", "Gerry" and the honest young man who happens upon the stones... There's not a great deal of jeopardy here - we sort of know from the outset what is going to happen, but Lee and the young Brooke are on good form and it shows us quite an interesting perspective on a still recovering post-war London populated by petty gangs and small time thieves who could be pretty brutal as required. It's a bit long and wordy - it could do with a bit more action, but it's got a tight cast with a decent plot that kills 90 minutes easily enough.
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- Dec 27, 2022
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Am Rande der Unterwelt
- Filming locations
- Tom Thumb's Arch underline railway bridge, Mostyn Grove, Bow East, London, England, UK(The place where Molly meets Gerry to tell him she has failed to recover the stolen diamonds from Freddie Haywood. Ordell Road, filmed on a summer evening, can be seen during their conversation as well as electric trains on the Shenfield line.)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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