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Bookmark this pageThe Frightened City (1961)
Director: John Lemont
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From Time Out Film Guide
When dodgy accountant Waldo Zhernikov (Lom) convenes a meeting of London's top racketeers, the craggy, grandfatherly characters who turn up seem more like grocers than gangsters. At least Connery, pre-Bond, brings a little muscle to the proceedings; but Gregson, as Insp Sayers, is simply too wholesome a cop for the protection-busting job in hand.Author: GM
Cast & crew
Director: John Lemont
Producer: John Lemont, Leigh Vance
Cast: Herbert Lom, John Gregson, Sean Connery, Alfred Marks, Ruth Romain, David Davies, Olive McFarland, Kenneth Griffith, Bruce Seton full cast
Genre(s): Gangsters
Duration: 98 mins
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