Payroll (film)

Payroll is a 1961 British crime thriller starring Michael Craig and Franoise Prvost. 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.

Having found out that Pearson was the inside man, Parkers 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 doublecrossing each other and Jackie tracking Johnny in her bid for revenge.The films working title was I Promise to Pay and much of it was shot on location in and around Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne, an unusual procedure at the time. Other scenes were shot in Rugby and Southwold, and after location work was complete the film began studio shooting at Beaconsfield Studios onOctober 1960. The film opened at the Plaza cinema in Londons West End on April 20th 1961 and went into general release in the UK onMay 1961. ........

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