A Prize of Arms (1962)

Directed by

Cliff Owen

Genre

heist film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A criminal gang plans to rob an army payroll convoy during the Suez Crisis in 1956. The film follows their careful scheme and the mounting pressure as the heist unfolds.

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What happens

A Prize of Arms is a 1962 British crime film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Stanley Baker, Helmut Schmid, Patrick Magee and Tom Bell. It was written by Kevin Kavanagh and Nicolas Roeg. Set in 1956, the film follows a criminal gang as it tries to rob an army pay convoy during the Suez Crisis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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