The Big Day + Devil's Bait
Splendidly cynical, snappy office-politics tale of ambition and petty rivalry.
The Big Day
This snappy office-politics drama sees three employees – feeble, ineffectual Partridge (an oily Pleasence), brash, arrogant Selkirk (a swaggering Franklyn), and sycophant Jackson (a hen-pecked Corbett) – battle it out for promotion. Rightfully regarded upon release as B-picture film-making at its best, this splendidly cynical, downbeat tale of ambition and petty rivalry still packs a terrific punch today.
| Director | Peter Graham Scott |
| Cast | Donald Pleasence, Andrée Melly, Colin Gordon, Harry H Corbett, William Franklyn |
| Country | UK |
| Year | 1960 |
| Running time | 62 min |
Devil's Bait
A baker with a rodent problem puts down cyanide in a bread-tin, but his long-suffering wife accidentally bakes up a loaf in it. A desperate search for the poisoned loaf is led by Gordon Jackson's lantern-jawed, ultra-stern policeman: 'It's life and death, man!' Will he be in time to avert disaster?
| Director | Peter Graham Scott |
| Cast | Geoffrey Keen, Jane Hylton, Dermot Kelly |
| Country | UK |
| Year | 1959 |
| Running time | 58min |
| Certificate | U |
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