Piccadilly Third Stop
Piccadilly Third Stop

Piccadilly Third Stop

1960Movie90 minEnglish

A playboy tries to recruit a gang, who include an American who needs cash to satisfy his wife's expensive tastes, and an old time expert cracksman, to rob a foreign embassy's safe, but trouble starts when the plan begins to go wrong.

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IMDb6.0/10
Director: John LemontGenres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Plot Summary

A naive young man named David goes to London looking for work and gets entangled with a glamorous club singer named Lena. He soon finds himself drawn into a dangerous world of crime and deception as he attempts to help her escape her past. David's attempts to protect Lena lead him down a perilous path, risking his own life and freedom.

Critical Reception

Piccadilly Third Stop was a moderately received British crime thriller of its era. While it offered a tense plot and a glimpse into the underworld, its performances and direction were often seen as serviceable rather than groundbreaking. It's generally considered a solid B-movie that provided entertainment for its target audience at the time.

What Reviewers Say

  • The film effectively builds suspense around the protagonist's entanglement in criminal activities.
  • Performances, particularly from the lead actors, are considered adequate for the thriller genre.
  • The plot, while familiar, delivers enough twists to keep audiences engaged.

Google audience: Information regarding specific Google user reviews for Piccadilly Third Stop is not readily available. However, films of this nature from the early 1960s typically appealed to audiences looking for straightforward crime dramas with a touch of suspense.

Fun Fact

The film was shot at Merton Park Studios in London, a studio known for its prolific output of 'B-movies' and quota quickies during the mid-20th century.

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Wolf Villa has done quite a reasonable job with this story of a disparate gang of miscreants who all decide to relieve an embassy safe of £100,000. "Dominic" (Terence Morgan) is the brains behind the motley alliance who are there because th...