The read
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government begins nuclear disarmament. As Willingdon goes into hiding, Detective Folland of Scotland Yard sets out to find him. Willingdon's daughter Ann also joins the cause, hoping she can talk sense into her father before he causes a catastrophe.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
44 audience votes
Key crew
- John BoultingDirector
- Roy BoultingDirector
- Roy BoultingScreenplay
- Frank HarveyScreenplay
- John AddisonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Barry JonesProfessor John Malcolm Francis Willingdon
- André MorellSuperintendent G.W. Folland
- Olive SloaneGoldie Phillips
- Sheila ManahanAnn Willingdon
- Hugh CrossStephen Lane
- Joan HicksonMrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
- Ronald AdamArthur Lytton, the Prime Minister
- Marie NeyMrs. Willingdon
- Joss AcklandStation Policeman
- Marianne StoneWoman in Phone Box
- John StrattonArmy Mechanic
- George SpenceMan on Bus (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
atomic bombscotland yard