The three crooked men of the title use a grocer's shop to break into the bank next door. Getting caught up with the robbery against their will are the grocer who is an embittered ex-boxer and also a bank clerk facing a court appearance for shoplifting. It is a Danziger Brothers' film which means low budget, a few sets and a bit of location photography but this one is quite good. Brian Clemens had a hand in the script and not a minute is wasted though the ending is a bit too rushed.
What lifts the film is the acting. Gordon Jackson as the one legged ex-pugilist seething with self pity, Sarah Lawson as his increasingly angry wife and Eric Pohlmann, Philip Saville and Michael Mellinger as the crooked men who have a kind of sadness about them. They are career criminals looking for the big pay-off. For me Warren Mitchell as Walter Prinn the bank teller is the stand out performance, one of life's underdogs who develops throughout the film very believably. It looks like Dandy Nichols plays Prinn's landlady but she is not credited.
Not a thrill a minute but a good little film.
What lifts the film is the acting. Gordon Jackson as the one legged ex-pugilist seething with self pity, Sarah Lawson as his increasingly angry wife and Eric Pohlmann, Philip Saville and Michael Mellinger as the crooked men who have a kind of sadness about them. They are career criminals looking for the big pay-off. For me Warren Mitchell as Walter Prinn the bank teller is the stand out performance, one of life's underdogs who develops throughout the film very believably. It looks like Dandy Nichols plays Prinn's landlady but she is not credited.
Not a thrill a minute but a good little film.