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High Jump (1959)

High Jump poster
Directed by
Godfrey Grayson
Genre
thriller, crime
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 06m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former stuntman gets drawn into a dangerous scheme involving blackmail and a planned heist. He must navigate a web of lies and betrayal to stay alive.

low-budgetbrisksuspensefulnoirishmelodramatictension-filledstraightforward

What happens

High Jump is a low budget 1959 British crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Richard Wyler and Lisa Daniely. It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard, and produced by The Danzigers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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