Cash on Demand

Cash on Demand is a 1961 British black and white second feature[2] neo noir crime thriller film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Peter Cushing and André Morell.

[3] The screenplay was adapted from the 1960 Associated Television Theatre 70 teleplay The Gold Inside, also directed by Lawrence, and featuring André Morell and Richard Vernon in the same roles.

[citation needed] Columbia Pictures began distribution of the film in the United States on 20 December 1961, and screenings continued until April in some major cities.

[citation needed] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Set from first to last in a small country bank, this is a neat and quite freshly conceived robbery thriller.

The only weak point is the business of the wife's telephone call, which is finally revealed as false: much of the plot's conviction rests on this circumstance, which is inadequately explained by a vague reference to an impersonation and a trick with a tape recorder.

Andre Morell's performance as the thief is a little too deliberately phony, perhaps, but Peter Cushing is impressive as the prim bank manager, and there is a nice cameo from Richard Vernon as the cashier.

Peter Cushing as main character Harry Fordyce