Payroll (1962)
Billie Whitelaw dominates this crime melodrama, not as a criminal but as vengeful bystander Jackie Parker. Parker's husband, an armored car driver, is killed during a carefully orchestrated robbery. The police have an idea of who's responsible, but they lack proof. On her own, Parker goes after the suspects one by one, using psychological torture (phone calls, poison pen letters) to break them down. She reduces inside man Pearson (William Lucas) to a quivering mass of gelatin, and indirectly sends Monty (Kenneth Griffith) to a sticky end in a mire of quicksand. The film's climax is a showdown between Parker and gang boss Mellors (Michael Craig). Payroll was based on a novel by Derek Bickerton. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michael Craig, Françoise Prevost, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sidney Hayers
Synopsis of Payroll
Billie Whitelaw dominates this crime melodrama, not as a criminal but as vengeful bystander Jackie Parker. Parker's husband, an armored car driver, is killed during a carefully orchestrated robbery. The police have an idea of who's responsible, but they lack proof. On her own, Parker goes after the suspects one by one, using psychological torture (phone calls, poison pen letters) to break them down. She reduces inside man Pearson (William Lucas) to a quivering mass of gelatin, and indirectly sends Monty (Kenneth Griffith) to a sticky end in a mire of quicksand. The film's climax is a showdown between Parker and gang boss Mellors (Michael Craig). Payroll was based on a novel by Derek Bickerton. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Payroll
- Michael Craig - Johnny Mellors
- Billie Whitelaw - Jackie Parker
- Kenneth Griffith - Monty
- Barry Keegan - Bert Landridge
- Edward Cast - Detective Sgt. Mark Bradden
- Glyn Houston - Frank Moore
- Vanda Godsell - Doll
- Brian McDermott - Brent
- Keith Faulkner - Alf
- Murray Evans - Billy
- Michael Barrington
- Françoise Prevost - Katie Pearson
- William Lucas - Dennis Pearson
- Tom Bell - Blackie
- Andrew Faulds - Det. Insp. Carberry
- William Peacock - Harry Parker
- Joan Rice - Madge Moore
- Stanley Meadows - Bowen
- Hugh Morton - Mr. John
- Bruce Beeby - Worth
- Kevin Bennett - Archie
- Director(s):
- Sidney Hayers
- Writer(s):
- George Baxt
- Producer(s):
- Norman Priggen
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