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Checkpoint

5.3 84 mins Crime   Drama   Thriller   1956
The Rank Organisation  
Director(s): Ralph Thomas

Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However, when opening a safe containing the plans, he triggers an alarm leading to a gun battle where he kills a number of people. James Robertson Justice, alarmed by the scandal surrounding the killings, orders his agent be killed surreptitiously to hide his involvement with the plot. The film uses original footage from the Mille Miglia , an Italian open-road endurance race, featuring classic period racing cars.

Casts of Checkpoint

Anthony Steel

as Bill Fraser

Odile Versois

as Francesca

Stanley Baker

as O'Donovan

James Robertson Justice

as Warren Ingram

Maurice Denham

as Ted Thornhill

Michael Medwin

as Ginger

Paul MĂ¼ller

as Petersen

Lee Patterson

as Johnny Carpenter

Anne Heywood

as Gabriela

Anthony Oliver

as Michael

Philip Gilbert

as Eddie

MacDonald Hobley

as Commentator

Robert Rietti

as Frontier Guard

Andreas Malandrinos

as Night Watchman

Dino Galvani

as Hotel Hall Porter

Jill Dixon

as Stewardess

Harold Ayer

as Plane Passenger

Bert Simms

as Newspaper Salesman (uncredited)

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