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Payroll is a 1961 British crime thriller starring Michael Craig and Françoise Prévost. Directed by Sidney Hayers, it was based by screenwriter George Baxt on a novel by Derek Bickerton. The story is about a gang of villains who stage a wages robbery that goes disastrously wrong.
Four crooks (Johnny Mellors, Monty, Blackie and Bert) plan and execute a robbery on a payroll van, using the inside knowledge of Dennis Pearson, who works as an accountant at the firm concerned. Pearson is under pressure to support his wife Katie (Françoise Prévost) who demands a higher standard of living. However, the van driver, Harry Parker, is killed during the heist, whilst Bert is fatally wounded by Parker's colleague Frank Moore. Nevertheless, the gang manage to get away with £100,000.
Having found out that Pearson was the 'inside man', Parker's widow Jackie (Billie Whitelaw) starts posting threatening letters to him. Katie in the meantime has become involved with Johnny, hoping to get some of the money for herself. As the gang start to argue amongst themselves, they are pursued by both Katie and Jackie. The climax takes place in Norfolk, with Johnny and Katie double-crossing each other and Jackie tracking Johnny in her bid for revenge.
Actors: Frans van Gestel (producer), Herman P. Koerts (editor), Joe Kotroczo (miscellaneous crew), Jani Thiltges (producer), Monique van de Ven (actress), Arnold Heslenfeld (producer), Ernie Tee (miscellaneous crew), Edwin de Vries (actor), Wim Opbrouck (actor), Halina Reijn (actress), Anton Smit (producer), Michel van Dousselaere (actor), Patrick Hastert (actor), Barbara Sarafian (actress), Ben Sombogaart (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Rick Overton (actor), Joel McHale (actor), Don Kress (actor), Scott Bakula (actor), Richard Steven Horvitz (actor), Patton Oswalt (actor), Tony Hale (actor), Joe Hammerstone (actor), Scott Adsit (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Joe Chrest (actor), Chic Daniel (actor), Clancy Brown (actor), Tom Smothers (actor), Dick Smothers (actor),
Plot: Mark Whitacre has worked for lysine developing company ADM for many years and has even found his way into upper management. But nothing has prepared him for the job he is about to undertake - being a spy for the FBI. Unwillingly pressured into working as an informant against the illegal price-fixing activities of his company, Whitacre gradually adopts the idea that he's a true secret agent. But as his incessant lies keep piling up, his world begins crashing down around him.
Keywords: 1990s, 2000s, ambition, ambitious-man, american-flag, based-on-novel, based-on-true-story, bipolar-disorder, black-comedy, character-repeating-someone-else's-dialogueActors: Lewis Schoenbrun (editor), Armand Assante (actor), Paul De Cham (miscellaneous crew), Gray Frederickson (producer), Darryl Cox (actor), Robert Rusler (actor), Marco Assante (miscellaneous crew), Brett Bower (actor), Brandon Bales (miscellaneous crew), Will Prescott (miscellaneous crew), David Golden (writer), Amy Briede (producer), Fritz Kiersch (director), Amy Briede (actress), Lance McDaniel (producer),
Genres: Crime, Horror,
Movie theme from the 1961 Brit flick that starred Michael Craig and Billie Whitelaw
Short Clips from Get Carter, Auf weidersehen Pet, Payroll and Spender.
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A prominent lawyer goes after a blackmailer who threatens gay men with exposure (homosexual acts still being illegal). But he's gay himself...
Goodbye Again 1961 - Starring Ingrid Bergman - Mrs. Ingrid Bergman's clothes were created by Dior brand.
Created in 1961 by the Highway Safety Foundation and Safety Enterprises, Inc., MECHANIZED DEATH is a legendary driver's education scare film that underscores the dangers of speeding and reckless driving. Made in an era when automobiles lacked the kind of modern safety features and crash-resistant designs that we take for granted today, and featuring bloody accident footage supplied by the Ohio Highway Patrol, "Mechanized Death" reveals the highways and byways as nightmarish avenues of carnage and destruction. The film remains absolutely relevant today, with its cautionary tales about risk taking, speeding, and -- death. Some of the safety innovations that occurred in the early 1950s included putting padding wherever the driver's head might hit a hard surface, safety glass and by mid-decad...
When German rockets start to land on England the Prime Minister insists there is only one man for the job - Wing Commander Blenkinsop. A daring masterplan is hatched to send a double of the Wing Commander to Egypt while he secretly flies to France. The fate of the project, indeed of Britain, depends on the double - Aircraftsman Arthur Atwood, presently on latrine duties somewhere in England.
HUE AND CRY (1947) is regarded as the very first Ealing comedy and has be digitally restored and released on DVD, thanks to the BFI and StudioCanal. The film regarded as the very first Ealing comedy, Charles Crighton’s Hue And Cry (1947), has been digitally restored to return it to its pristine condition and is now available on DVD, Blu-ray and BFI Player. An energetic combination of youthful adventure and comic book fantasy, it stars a number of familiar and well-loved faces. A young Harry Fowler as an East End kid addicted to an adventure weekly and who becomes convinced that a series of burglaries are related to its storyline. He and his friends set out to solve the mystery, but come up against a tough local greengrocer, played by a pre-Dixon Of Dock Green Jack Warner. They also have...
i've seen ya
sitting on the fence here
on ya knees
sucking up the fresh air
wrapped up
everything you paid for
keep quiet
you're doing me an favour
i've seen ya
looking down the barrel
full face
with all the lies that you tell
sweet words are whispered in your ear
sit down in case you get the fear
you wanna suck it
you better sit down (x2)
you better sit down
you're on the payroll (x3)
i've seen ya
banging on the same drum
excusing everything you've become
sit still
you draw too much attention
safety is all in the prevention
you wanna suck it
you better sit down (x2)
you're on the payroll (x8)
i've seen ya
sitting on the fence here
on ya knees
sucking up the fresh air
wrapped up
everything you paid for
keep quiet
you're doing me an favour