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6.6

A Prize of Arms

NR·1962·105m

Crime

Drama

Crime

Drama

Summary

A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.

Cast

Stanley Baker

Turpin

Tom Bell

Fenner

Helmut Schmid

Swavek

Patrick Magee

RSM Hicks

John Phillips

Col. Fowler

John Westbrook

Capt. Stafford

Kenneth MacKintosh

Capt. Nicholson

Michael Ripper

Cpl. Freeman

Stephen Lewis

Military Policeman

Frank Gatliff

Maj. Palmer

Rio Fanning

Private on Gate

Jack May

John Rees

Sgt. Jones

Michael Robbins

Orford

Fulton Mackay

Cpl. Henderson

Anthony Bate

Sergeant Reeves

Glynn Edwards

Breakdown Truck Crewman

William Marlowe

Sergeant Ward

Roddy McMillan

Sergeant McVie

Garfield Morgan

Military Policeman with Dog

Rodney Bewes

Pvt. Maynard

Geoffrey Palmer

Cpl. Myers

John Barrett

Publican

Mark Burns

Lt. Ellison

Tom Adams

Cpl. Glenn

Richard Bidlake

Lt. Waddington

David Conville

Capt. James

Douglas Blackwell

Day

David Courtney

Lt. Davies

Clifford Cox

RASC Sergeant Major

Barry Keegan

Supt. Cooper

Stanley Meadows

Sergeant White

Derrick Sherwin

Lt. Sayers

Peter Welch

WO Elsey

Frank Coda

Brodie

Michael Collins

Leigh

Reginald Marsh

Sergeant in Administration

Crew

Director

Cliff Owen

Screenplay

Paul Ryder

Story

Nicolas Roeg

Writer

Roger Marshall

Reviews

Geronimo1967

November 19, 2024

Stanley Baker is the aptly named "Turpin" in this heist caper. He, alongside his pals "Swavek" (Helmut Schmid) and "Fenner" (Tom Bell) come up with plan to swipe the payroll from an heavily guarded army barracks. The plan is pretty ingenious and relies largely on the sheer brassed-necked audacity of the plan. So many people in uniform; coming and going; slipshod security checks; nobody really wanting to check up too closely on any one else... Surely they've a fighting chance of success? Well it takes way too long to get going and there are simply too many distractions in the plot to sustain the interest. Baker usually has an effectively snappy method of delivering his dialogue, and that works a bit here but for the most part it's all just a bit busy without achieving very much. Plenty of pyrotechnics on show; especially at the end but it's, sadly, a film I don't know that I'd bother watching again.