Underworld Informers
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Cast & Crew
Ken Annakin
Nigel Patrick
Margaret Whiting
Colin Blakely
Derren Nesbitt
Frank Finlay
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Synopsis
Inspector Johnnoe is ordered by Superintendent Bestwick to end his use of underworld informers to solve cases because the practice reflects badly on Scotland Yard. Johnnoe disregards the order, however, and obtains information from Jim Ruskin regarding a series of London bank robberies. Shortly after the tip-off, Ruskin is murdered, and Johnnoe goes after the suspects, Bertie Hoyle and his gangster friend Leon Sale. Hoyle and Sale decide that Johnnoe poses a threat to them, and they frame him for accepting bribes from prostitute Maisie. Johnnoe is suspended from his duties at Scotland Yard and jailed until he is set free on bail. Charlie Ruskin, the informer's brother, learns from Mary Johnnoe that Hoyle's gang was responsible for his brother's death, and, in a battle between the gangsters and the informers, Hoyle and Ruskin are killed. As the police arrive, Johnnoe catches Sale attempting to escape with two suitcases full of stolen money.
Director
Ken Annakin
Cast
Nigel Patrick
Margaret Whiting
Colin Blakely
Derren Nesbitt
Frank Finlay
Catherine Woodville
Harry Andrews
John Cowley
Michael Coles
Allan Cuthbertson
Roy Kinnear
Ronald Hines
Peter Prowse
George Sewell
Kenneth J. Warren
Brian Wilde
Crew
Paul Durst
Alun Falconer
John Gosling
Colin Le Mesurier
William Macquitty
Muir Mathieson
Dudley Messenger
Charles Orme
Clifton Parker
Alfred Roome
Don Sharpe
Earl St. John
Alex Vetchinsky
Jake Wright
Reginald Wyer
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Filmed in London and released there in 1963 as The Informers. British alternative or working title: The Snout.
