The movie starts in pre-World War II (1938) Britain yet in early scene at crooked antique dealer Benny Carfield's shop the background view through the shop window shows 1950s vintage cars driving by, such as a 1957 Austin A40 and a 1957 Vauxhall Victor.
The police cars used in the chase sequence were Wolseley 680's, also of contemporary (1957) vintage, even though the action was supposedly taking place in 1938.
Ray Milland starred in and produced this film from 1958. He plays Colley Dawson, an expert safecracker who can open a safe by listening to the tumblers.
Ray Milland was around 53 when he starred in and directed 'The Safecracker'. Obviously, at this point in his life, he had experienced stardom as an actor and wanted to expand his horizons as a director.
During every war, there are many stories of how people who would normally be passed by, are often chosen to become heroes, despite their infamy. Here is one such story called " The Safecracker.
Quite a good film, although I agree Milland was too old for the part. His mother had a cockney accent but Milland had a much more polished voice which did not seem to fit in their working class surroundings.
Quite an enjoyable second feature, although the star actor was too old for the Colley Dawson role. Reliable support from character actors like Ernest Clark and Victor Maddern.
I just watched this film, which surely has not any pretensions to be a major spy or war or even police story, and for this reason the mistakes about the types of cars or planes etc that have been mentioned, do not affect me personally. I would not be able to spot them,anyway, my attention was concentrated elsewhere.
This is a neat little movie with a morality story to boot. Colley is an unabashed thief, who is recruited to go on a commando mission.
