Clash by Night (1963 film)
Clash by Night (released in the US as Escape by Night) is a 1963 British crime thriller directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Terence Longdon and Jennifer Jayne.[1]
| Clash by Night | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Montgomery Tully |
| Screenplay by | Montgomery Tully Maurice J. Wilson |
| Based on | Clash by Night by Rupert Croft-Cooke |
| Produced by | Maurice J. Wilson |
| Starring | Terence Longdon Jennifer Jayne Harry Fowler |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Maurice Rootes |
| Music by | John Veale |
Release date | 1963 |
Running time | 75 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
A bus transporting criminals from court to prison is held up by crooks who rescue one of their gang. The bus is driven to a deserted farm and all the other occupants of the bus are locked in a barn. To give the gang leader plenty of time to escape, he tells the people - two prison officers, the driver and five prisoners - that the barn has been doused in petrol, and that two gang members will stay behind to guard it; they will set fire to the straw filled building if anyone attempts to escape. The prisoners and officers start to interact, but soon find they may be in danger from yet another source.
Cast
- Terence Longdon as Martin Lord
- Jennifer Jayne as Nita Lord
- Harry Fowler as Doug Roberts
- Alan Wheatley as Ronald Grey-Simmons
- Peter Sallis as Victor Lush
- John Arnatt as Inspector Croft
- Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Peel
- Arthur Lovegrove as Ernie Peel
- Vanda Godsell as Mrs. Grey-Simmons
- Richard Carpenter as Danny Watts
- Mark Dignam as Sydney Selwyn
- Robert Brown as Mawsley
- Stanley Meadows as George Brett
- Tom Bowman as Bart Rennison
- Ray Austin as the Intruder
- William Simons as one of the guards left outside the barn (uncredited)
- Geoffrey Denton as station sergeant (uncredited)