Checkpoint

Checkpoint (1956)

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Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However, when opening a safe containing the plans, he triggers an alarm leading to a gun battle where he kills a number of people. James Robertson Justice, alarmed by the scandal surrounding the killings, orders his agent be killed surreptitiously to hide his involvement with the plot. The film uses original footage from the Mille Miglia , an Italian open-road endurance race, featuring classic period racing cars.

Director: Ralph Thomas

Casts

	Anthony Steel as Bill Fraser
	Odile Versois as Francesca
	Stanley Baker as O'Donovan
	James Robertson Justice as Warren Ingram
	Maurice Denham as Ted Thornhill
	Michael Medwin as Ginger
	Paul Müller as Petersen
	Lee Patterson as Johnny Carpenter
	Anne Heywood as Gabriela
	Anthony Oliver as Michael
	Philip Gilbert as Eddie
	MacDonald Hobley as Commentator
	Robert Rietti as Frontier Guard
	Andreas Malandrinos as Night Watchman
	Dino Galvani as Hotel Hall Porter
	Jill Dixon as Stewardess
	Harold Ayer as Plane Passenger
	Bert Simms as Newspaper Salesman (uncredited)

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