Checkpoint

Checkpoint — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 25, 1956
• Runtime
• 84 min
• Genres
• Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Director
• Ralph Thomas

Checkpoint — Cast

Anthony Steel Bill Fraser Odile Versois Francesca Stanley Baker O'Donovan James Robertson Justice Warren Ingram Maurice Denham Ted Thornhill Michael Medwin Ginger Paul Müller Petersen Lee Patterson Johnny Carpenter