When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
Paul Varna
The runtime is 71 minutes (1h 11m).
The film was directed by Cliff Owen.
The screenplay was written by Peter Barnes.
Cinematography was handled by Geoffrey Faithfull.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0055247.
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English
United Kingdom
