Three masterminds infiltrate the British Army for the ultimate payroll plunder – where every second could detonate their escape plan.
Disgraced ex-soldier Turpin (Stanley Baker) recruits Swavek (Helmut Schmid) and Fenner (Tom Bell) to pose as troops and loot £100,000 from a Suez Crisis-bound convoy. When their fire-diversion tactic ignites suspicion, the barracks become a pressure cooker of military precision versus criminal cunning.
Original Title: A Prize of Arms (1962) | AKA: Das Netz
⭐️ STARRING
Stanley Baker as Turpin
Helmut Schmid as Swavek
Tom Bell as Fenner
John Phillips as Colonel Fowler
Patrick Magee as RSM Hicks
John Westbrook as Captain Stafford
🎬 CREW
Directed by Cliff Owen (The Wrong Arm of the Law)
Written by Kevin Kavanagh & Nicolas Roeg
Cinematography by Gilbert Taylor (Star Wars: A New Hope)
Musical score by Robert Sharples (The Longest Day)
Release date: October 12, 1962
Budget: £258,149
Filming location: Royal Navy Air Station, West Sussex, England
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Heist Thriller • Crime Drama • British Noir • Military Suspense • Classic Cinema • 1960s Films
