''Compelled'' is a 1960 British neo noir black and white crime film, one of two films directed by Ramsey Herrington. It stars Ronald Howard and Beth Rogan.

Plot

Ex-con Paul Adams is an engineer blackmailed into assisting with a jewel theft. Unbeknownst to his wife, he becomes involved in the building of a tunnel from a bookshop to a jeweller's.

Cast

* Ronald Howard as Paul Adams * Beth Rogan as Carol * John Gabriel as Fenton * Richard Shaw as Jug *

Jack Melford John Kenneth George Melford Smith (5 September 1899 – 22 October 1972) was a British stage, film and television actor. Biography Melford was the younger brother of screenwriter and film director Austin Melford. On stage from the age of 12, ...

as Grimes * Mark Singleton as Derek *

Colin Tapley Colin Edward Livingstone Tapley (7 May 1909 – 1 December 1995) was a New Zealand actor in both American and British films. Born in New Zealand, he served in the Royal Air Force and an expedition to Antarctica before winning a Paramount Pictur ...

as Inspector *

Stella Bonheur Stella Bonheur (5 December 1904 – 10 October 1997) was a British actress. She also appeared on stage, e.g. in '' Rookery Nook'', one of the Aldwych farces by Ben Travers. Selected filmography * '' Red Wagon'' (1933) * '' The Elder Brother'' (1 ...

as Mrs Mills * Wilfred Grantham as Customer *

Garard Green Garard Green (31 July 1924 – 26 December 2004) was a British actor and commentator. Green was born in Madras, India in 1924 where his father was superintendent of the government press. When his father died in 1933 the family returned to t ...

as Reporter * John Stuart as Book Man *

Totti Truman Taylor Totti Truman Taylor, born Dorothy Leah Truman (7 September 1915 – 5 March 1981), was a British actress. Her mother’s 2nd husband’s surname was Taylor, and this is where her stage name came from. In 1953, she played Aunt Sally in the BBC tele ...

as Lady

Critical reception

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'' wrote, "there's nothing special about this British programmer"; while ''Britmovie'' called the film an "unexceptional second-feature crime drama."

References

External links

* 1960 films 1960 crime films British crime films British black-and-white films Films shot at New Elstree Studios 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{1960s-crime-film-stub