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The Man in the Back Seat is a British film of genre Drama directed by Vernon Sewell with Derren Nesbitt

The Man in the Back Seat (1961)

The Man in the Back Seat
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Length 57minutes
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Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating66% 3.32513.32513.32513.32513.3251

The Man in the Back Seat is a 1961 British B-movie crime film, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Derren Nesbitt and Keith Faulkner. The film was based on an Edgar Wallace story, and was tightly shot, with only four name-credited actors (one of whom remains silent through most of the film) and much of the action taking place in a cramped flat and the claustrophobic confines of a car at night.



^ John Hamilton, The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70 Hemlock Books 2013 p 98-101

Synopsis

Cold and vicious Tony (Nesbitt) and his more pleasant natured but easily influenced partner-in-crime Frank (Faulkner) hatch a plan to rob bookmaker Joe Carter (Harry Locke) of his takings as he leaves the local dog track. They attack him brutally, then realize to their disgust that the case containing the cash is chained to Joe's wrist. They bundle him unconscious into the back seat of his car and they drive around trying to figure out a way to release the case. They come up with various possible solutions, but nothing works and they end up at Frank's flat, to the horror of Frank's wife Jean (Carol White), who does not want their criminal activities to be brought to her doorstep.

Actors

Derren Nesbitt

(Tony)Carol White (actrice anglaise)

(Jean)Harry Locke

(Joe Carter)
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