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The Man in the Back Seat (1961)

The Man in the Back Seat poster
Directed by
Vernon Sewell
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
57 min
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two men try to rob a bookmaker and hide in the back seat of a car. They find themselves trapped and unable to escape.

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What happens

The Man in the Back Seat is a 1961 British second feature crime film, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Derren Nesbitt and Keith Faulkner. It was written by Malcolm Hulke and Eric Paice based on an Edgar Wallace story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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