Payroll (1961)
- Directed by
- Sidney Hayers
- Genre
- heist film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of criminals plot and carry out a payroll heist. The robbery goes wrong and leads to disastrous consequences for everyone involved.
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What happens
Payroll is a 1961 British neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, and Billie Whitelaw. The screenplay by George Baxt was adapted from Derek Bickerton's 1959 novel of the same name. The film revolves around a group of criminals who plan and execute a wages robbery, which ultimately ends in disaster. The movie is one of the most highly regarded crime films from Anglo-Amalgamated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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