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Piccadilly Third Stop
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Wikipedia article
'Piccadilly Third Stop' is a 1960 British thriller film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Terence Morgan, Yoko Tani and John Crawford. The screenplay concerns a wealthy playboy who hires a gang of criminals to help him steal 100,000.
It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location around London, including numerous locations around Belgravia. Holborn tube station filled in as the fictional "Belgravia station" on the Piccadilly line. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernest Archer.
Plot
Crook Dominic Colpoys-Owen (Terence Morgan) has his eye on the loot inside an embassy in London after an ambassador's daughter, Seraphina (Yoko Tani), unwittingly reveals that her father, away on business, has left big money behind in the safe. Colpoys-Owen works his smooth-talking charm on the innocent girl, who becomes so infatuated that she agrees to help his gang with its plan. This involves a robbery from the embassy, which is in Knightsbridge, via the London Underground.
Cast
* Terence Morgan as Dominic Colpoys-Owen
* Yoko Tani as Seraphina Yokami
* John Crawford as Joe Pready
* Mai Zetterling as Christine Pready
* William Hartnell as Colonel
* Dennis Price as Edward
* Ann Lynn as Mouse
* Charles Kay as Toddy
* Doug Robinson as Albert
* Gillian Maude as Bride's Mother
* Trevor Reid as Bride's Father
* Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Police Sergeant
* Tony Hawes as Harry Prentice
* Clement Freud as Chemmy dealer
* Judy Huxtable as Angela Vaughan
Critical reception
Allmovie called it a "fast-paced, standard crime story"; while the 'Radio Times' called it a "plodding low-budget thriller".
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