Safecracker, The (MOD) (DVD Movie)

Colley Dawson (Ray Milland) leads a daring double life. On weekdays, he's an expert -- and entirely law-abiding -- locksmith with unequaled skills at designing impregnable safes and lives in a drab London flat with his mother. Come the weekends, collaborating with a shady antiques dealer (Barry Jones) who gives him information on potential victims, he's a thrillseeking -- and devilishly criminal -- cat burglar whose string of safecracking heists fuels the high life of a suave alternate identity. His spending sprees eventually catch the attention of the law, but for the sardonic thief and now-jailbird Dawson, the nefarious activities to date have just been a warm-up for the most dangerous caper of his life: a crucial World War II mission to infiltrate a German-held chateau in occupied Belgium and crack a safe housing valuable information -- all without leaving a trace. Academy Award winner* Milland also directs this canny combination of dapper crime thriller and suspenseful wartime actioner with the steady hand and light touch of a second-story man.

DVD Details

>Rated: NR
>Runtime: 1 hours, 36 minutes
>Video: Black & White
>Encoding: Region 1(US & Canada)
>Originally Released: 1958
>Label: Warner

Starring: Ray Milland;Barry Jones;Jeanette Sterke;Victor Maddern;Ernest Clark;Cyril Raymond;Melissa Stribling;Percy Herbert;Barbara Everest;Anthony Nicholls;David Horne;Colin Gordon;Clive Morton