The Break
Escaped prisoner Jacko kills a guard and flees to a moorland hotel where Tredgar plans his escape with sister Jean. When an ex-cop and novelist arrive, deadly events unfold at the isolated location.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Released
- 1962
- Country
- United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 1962
Storyline
Escaped prisoner Jacko kills a guard and flees to a moorland hotel where Tredgar plans his escape with sister Jean. When an ex-cop and novelist arrive, deadly events unfold at the isolated location.
Top credits
Tony Britton — Greg Parker
William Lucas — Jacko Thomas
Eddie Byrne — Judd Tredgar
Robert Urquhart — Pearson
Did you know
• Final film of Gene Anderson.
• William Lucas and Edwin Richfield were both in Hammer's X The Unknown six-years earlier, and had appeared in other Hammer films, especially Richfield.
• Opening credits: All characters and events in this film are fictitious. Any similarity to actual events or persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
User reviews
Sterling work in a rural Brit crime flick
Effective thriller overcomes plot contrivances
Sometimes You Get 'Em, And Sometime Not
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
