The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)

Film details

Featuring

Aldo Ray Heather Sears Neil McCallum
Director

Harry Watt
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1959
Genre

Crime
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Four Desperate Men Alternative

Synopsis

Matt Kirk escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence. When Kirk and his three accomplices attempt to make good their escape from Sydney harbour by boat, a mechanical fault sets the boat adrift and they end up on Pinchgut Island. The gang take the island's watchman and his family hostage as the police begin to close in.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Matt Kirk
    
    Aldo Ray
  - Ann Fulton
    
    Heather Sears
  - Johnny Kirk
    
    Neil McCallum
  - Bert
    
    Victor Maddern
  - Luke
    
    Justini, Carlo
  - Mrs. Fulton
    
    Barbara Mullen
  - Superintendent Hanna
    
    Alan Tilvern
  - Pat Fulton
    
    Gerry Duggan
  - police commissioner
    
    Kenneth Warren
  - under secretary
    
    Richard Vernon
  - Constable Macey
    
    Grant Taylor
  - naval captain
    
    Ewan Macduff
  - brigadier
    
    Martin Boddey
  - motorcycle policeman
    
    Max Robertson
  - small boy
    
    John Pusey
  - constable
    
    Abbott, Fred
  - [Sergeant Drake]
    
    Deryck Barnes
  - [trapped sailor]
    
    Barry Foster
  - [newspaper editor]
    
    George Woodbridge
  - []
    
    Jack Taylor
Credits
- Direction:
  - Directed by
    
    Harry Watt
  - Assistant Director
    
    Michael Birkett
  - Assistant Director
    
    Eric Price
  - Continuity
    
    Helen Whitson
  Production:
  - ©/Production Company
    
    Ealing Films Limited
  - Presents
    
    Associated British Picture Corporation
  - A Michael Balcon Production
    
    Michael Balcon
  - Associate Producer
    
    Eric Williams
  - Production Manager
    
    L.C. Rudkin
  - Production Supervisor
    
    Hal Mason
  - Made at
    
    Associated British Elstree Studios
  Writing:
  - Screenplay by
    
    Harry Watt
  - Screenplay by
    
    Jon Cleary
  - Script contribution by
    
    Alexander Baron
  - Adapted by
    
    Harry Watt
  - From an original story by
    
    Inman Hunter
  - From an original story by
    
    Lee Robinson
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Gordon Dines
  - 2nd Cameraman
    
    Chic Waterson
  - Camera Operator
    
    Herbert Smith
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Gordon Stone
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Alan Withy
  Costumes:
  - Wardrobe
    
    Ron Beck
  Make-up:
  - Make-up
    
    Lodge, William
  Music:
  - Music composed by
    
    Jones, Kenneth V.
  - [Music] played by
    
    The Sinfonia of London
  - [Music] conducted by
    
    Dock Mathieson
  Sound:
  - Sound Supervisor
    
    Stephen Dalby
  - Sound Recordist
    
    Cyril Swern
  - Sound Editor
    
    Lionel Selwyn