Die Peitsche (1961)
London im Jahre 1961. Die Hauptstadt von England ist eine gewalttätige Stadt. Gangster kontrollieren die Straßen des West End und zwielichtige Schutzgeldpatrone haben das Sagen, bis der rücksichtslose Buchhalter Waldo Zhernikov die sechs großen rivalisierenden Londoner Banden zu einem einzigen großen Ganster-Konsortium organisiert. Das öffentliche Gesicht des Syndikats ist der skrupellose Nachtclubbesitzer Harry Foulcher, der den Frauenhelden und Ex-Einbrecher Paddy Damion beschäftigt.
Der Regisseur:
John Lemont
Der Autor:
Leigh Vance
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Herbert Lom as Waldo Zhernikov |
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John Gregson as Det. Insp. Sayers |
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Sean Connery as Paddy Damion |
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Alfred Marks as Harry Foulcher |
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Yvonne Romain as Anya Bergodin |
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Olive McFarland as Sadie |
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Frederick Piper as Sgt. Bob Ogle |
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Marianne Stone as Barmaid |
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John Stone as Hood |
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David Davies as Alf Peters |
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Tom Bowman as Tanky Thomas |
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Robert Cawdron as Nero |
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George Pastell as Sanchetti |
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Patrick Holt as Supt. Carter |
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Sheena Marshe as Avril |
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Patrick Jordan as Frankie Farmer |
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Arnold Diamond as Moffat |
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Jack Stewart as Tyson |
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Martin Wyldeck as Security Officer |
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John Baker as Warder |
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Kenneth Griffith as Wally |
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Doug Robinson as Salty Brewer |
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Robert Percival as Wingrove |
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John Witty as T.V. Announcer |
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J.G. Devlin as Informer |
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Julie Shearing as Hatcheck Girl |
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April Wilding as Pretty Secretary (Wingrove) |
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Vanda Godsell as Sophie Peters |
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Bruce Seton as Assistant Commissioner |
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Yvonne Ball as Myrna |
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Kenneth J. Warren as Title Thug |
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Stephen Lewis as Alf's 1st Thug |
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James Fitzgerald as Alf's 2nd Thug |
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Neal Arden as Head Waiter - Taboo Club |
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Joan Haythorne as Miss Rush (Waldo's Secretary) |
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Stuart Saunders as Publican |
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John Maxim as Lippy Green |
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Tony Hawes as Lord Buncholme |
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Joe Wadham as Rover Driver |
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Penny Service as Clarissa |
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Walter Brown as Billy Agnew |
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Maurice Bush as Basher Prebble |
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Norrie Paramor as Pianist (Taboo Club) |
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Malcolm Clare as Choreographer (Taboo Club) |
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Yvonne Buckingham as Pretty Girl (Taboo Club) |
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Eve Eden as Cigarette Girl (Taboo Club) |
| Production | John Lemont | Producer |
| Directing | John Lemont | Director |
| Production | Leigh Vance | Producer |
| Writing | Leigh Vance | Screenplay |
| Sound | Norrie Paramor | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Leigh Vance | Story |
| Art | Maurice Carter | Art Direction |
| Writing | John Lemont | Story |
| Camera | Desmond Dickinson | Director of Photography |