PICCADILLY THIRD STOP (1960)
Directed by Wolf Rilla
CAST:
Terence Morgan .... Dominic Colpoys-Owen
Yoko Tani .... Seraphina Yokami
John Crawford .... Joe Pready
Mai Zetterling .... Christine Pready
William Hartnell .... Colonel
Charles Kay .... Toddy
Dennis Price .... Edward
Ann Lynn .... Mouse
Douglas Robinson .... Albert |  |
SYNOPSIS:
Following a London society wedding, small-time thief Dominic Colpoys-Owen charms Fina, daughter of a Far Eastern ambassador who keeps a £100k in the diplomatic safe. Tired of running errands for American smuggler Preedy, Dominic works his charms on the innocent Fina and schemes to rob her father's safe. Knowing he will need to form a gang and raise capital, Dominic approaches gambling boss and underworld fence Edward Humphries, but he refuses to back the plan.
Instead, Dominic turns to hard-up Preedy, and completes his quartet with close-friend Toddy and top cracksman Colonel Whitfield. Their scheme involves entering Belgravia tube station in the early hours and walking down the track to a disused tunnel branching off the Piccadilly line to enter the foreign embassy's basement; but whilst the gang are gaining entry, apprehended Toddy is cracking under interrogation in a nearby police station.
PHOTOS & MEDIA:
TRIVIA:
• Piccadilly Third Stop marked the second film in which Charles Kay worked with director Wolf Rilla. He previously appeared in Rilla's Bachelor of Hearts (1958), which was also Mr. Kay's screen debut.
LINKS:
http:// Piccadilly Third Stop Press Release (PDF)
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