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Hammer the Toff is a British film of genre Crime directed by Maclean Rogers with John Bentley

Hammer the Toff (1952)

Hammer the Toff
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Length 1h11
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Genres Crime
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Hammer the Toff is a 1952 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley and Patricia Dainton. The film was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by John Creasey, the 17th in the series featuring upper-class sleuth Richard Rollison, also known as "The Toff". This film and another Toff adaptation Salute the Toff were shot back-to-back at Nettlefold Studios in the summer of 1951 with identical production credits and many of the same actors. Hammer the Toff was issued to cinemas in March 1952 as the sequel to Salute the Toff. There would be no further entries in the series.

Both Toff films are classed as "missing, believed lost", and both are included on the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films.

Synopsis

On the train to the seaside resort of Brighthaven, Richard Rollison (Bentley) is sharing a carriage with an attractive young lady called Susan Lancaster (Dainton). The journey is rudely interrupted when the window of the carriage is shattered by a barrage of bullets. Richard learns from the shaken Susan that she is on her way to join an uncle on holiday, and offers to escort her safely to her hotel. They learn that her uncle has disappeared, but has left Susan a package. Later, Rollison happens to overhear a pair of shady characters discussing how to kidnap Susan. She explains that her uncle has developed a secret formula which sinister characters are keen to get their hands on, and they have been receiving threats of menace, hence the flight to Brighthaven.

Actors

John Bentley

(Richard Rollison)Patricia Dainton

(Susan Lancaster)Valentine Dyall

(Inspector Grice)John Robinson

(Linnett)Wally Patch

(Bert Ebbutt)
And :
Roddy Hughes
Basil Dignam
Lockwood West
Charles Hawtrey
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