A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.
Herbert Lom
as Waldo Zhernikov
John Gregson
as Det. Insp. Sayers
Sean Connery
as Paddy Damion
Alfred Marks
as Harry Foulcher
Yvonne Romain
as Anya Bergodin
Olive McFarland
as Sadie
Frederick Piper
as Sgt. Bob Ogle
Marianne Stone
as Barmaid
John Stone
as Hood
David Davies
as Alf Peters
Tom Bowman
as Tanky Thomas
Robert Cawdron
as Nero
