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68% Critic Match
Payroll
“Brilliant... Brutal... Torn from tonight's headlines!”
6.8 / 10• 1961• 1h 45m•NR• English
CrimeDrama
Storyline
A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry the cash. The gang still go ahead with the robbery, but when the driver of the armoured van is killed in the raid, his wife plans revenge, and with the police closing in, the gang start to turn on each other.
Cast & Crew
Michael Craig
Johnny Mellors
Lead
Françoise Prévost
Katie Pearson
Billie Whitelaw
Jackie Parker
William Lucas
Dennis Pearson
Kenneth Griffith
Monty
Tom Bell
Blackie
Barry Keegan
Bert Langridge
EC
Edward Cast
Detective Sergeant Bradden
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sidney Hayers's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Payroll is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
