Cash on Demand

1961 80 min ★ 7.6 Crime, Drama, Thriller

A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.

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Cast

Peter Cushing

Harry Fordyce

André Morell

Colonel Gore Hepburn

Richard Vernon

Pearson

Norman Bird

Arthur Sanderson

Kevin Stoney

Detective Inspector Mason

Barry Lowe

Peter Harvill

Edith Sharpe

Miss Pringle

Lois Daine

Sally

Alan Haywood

Kane

Jimmy Cains

Sidewalk Santa Claus (uncredited)

Details

Director

Quentin Lawrence

Screenplay

David T. Chantler

Tagline

"How to rob a bank... and get away with it?"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Hammer Film Productions

Reviews

J

John Chard

November 7, 2019

★ 9/10

Cash on Delivery? Pah! This is Cash on Demand! Out of Hammer Film Productions, Cash on Demand is directed by Quentin Lawrence and adapted to screenplay by David Chantler & Lewis Greifer from a play by Jacques Gillies. It stars Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon, Norman Bird and Kevin Stoney. Music is by Wilfred Josephs and photography by Arthur Grant. Hammer's Xmas movie has a kick...

C

CinemaSerf

November 12, 2022

★ 7/10

If anyone was ever to wonder upon whom Arthur Lowe might have based his "Capt. Mainwaring" from "Dad's Army" character on, then they might look at Peter Cushing here in this superior heist thriller. He is the fastidious, frankly rather obnoxious, bank manager who runs his branch without any regard at all for his staff. Indeed, the first few scenes demonstrate just how unpleasant he can be - even o...