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(More customer reviews)This is that comparative rarity from the Britisgh cinema in the 50's -a strongarm drama .Its plot is downright melodrama and centres on the rivalries of a gang of truckers operating between a number of gravel pits and a hugh construction site .
Stanley Baker -one of the few UK actors of the era who could convince as a tough guy -plays an ex-con hired on as a driver and who falls foul of boss Patrick McGoohan when he discovers that McGoohan and another boss (William Hartnell)are running a scam by claiming there are 5 more hired drivers than is actually the case ,and pocketing the extra cash .They maintain the scam by working the other drivers illegally hard ,thus keeping the delivery schedule up to date ,despite the severe risk to men and machines this entails .
The driving sequences are good ,as are the performances especially from the ever excellent Herbert Lom as the likeable Italian driver Gino ,and McGoohan .
Look out also for a young Sean Connery in a movie made 5 years before Dr No and already showing definite screen presence .
The movie is restarined by today's standards but even so the love scenes between Baker and the heroine ,capably played by Peggy Cummins
This is not great movie making but it is an worthwhile little movie that acts a sprecursor to the working class themed movies like Saturday Night and Sunday Morning that came down the pike a short time later
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