Ambush in Leopard Street is a low budget 1962 British 'B'[1] black and white crime film directed by J. Henry Piperno.[2][3][4] It stars James Kenney, Michael Brennan, and Bruce Seton.
| Ambush in Leopard Street | |
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| Directed by | J. Henry Piperno |
| Written by | Ahmed Faroughy Bernard Spicer |
| Produced by | Bill Luckwell Jock MacGregor |
| Starring | James Kenney Michael Brennan Bruce Seton |
| Cinematography | Stephen Dade |
| Edited by | Norman Cohen |
| Music by | Wilfred Burns |
Production companies | Bill and Michael Luckwell Ltd. |
| Distributed by | British Lion-Columbia Distributors (UK) (as BLC Films Ltd.) |
Release date | 1962 |
Running time | 72 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Premise edit
Harry is a small time crook who plans one last job before he retires, but things do not go quite according to plan. With his sidekick Nimmo, the plan is to ambush a truck containing £500,000 of diamonds in Leopard Street, but heavy security means recruiting a larger criminal gang than usual, and the inexperienced newcomers may derail Harry's scheme.
Cast edit
- James Kenney as Johnny
- Michael Brennan as Harry
- Bruce Seton as Nimmo
- Norman Rodway as Kegs
- Jean Harvey as Jean
- Pauline Delaney as Cath
- Marie Conmee as Myra
- Charles Mitchell as Big George
- Lawrence Crain as Danny
- Muriel O'Hanlon as Lily
- Sheila Donald as Val
- Jack O'Reilly as Hibbs
Critical reception edit
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Even the climax, the actual ambush, lacks punch in this routine and unconvincing crime thriller. The acting is adequate, but suffers from confined production and a more than usually weak story."[5]
Kine Weekly described the film as: "a dicy British 'second'."[6]
Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film called the film an "impoverished crook drama."[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "Ambush in Leopard Street". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Ambush in Leopard Street". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.
- ^ "Ambush in Leopard Street". RadioTimes.
- ^ "Ambush in Leopard Street". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 29 (336): 79. 1 January 1962 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Ambush in Leopard Street". Kine Weekly. 543 (2863): 26. 16 August 1962 – via ProQuest.
External links edit
- Ambush in Leopard Street at IMDb
- Ambush in Leopard Street then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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