''Panic'' is a 1963 British

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directed by

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and starring Dyson Lovell,

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and

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. The screenplay concerns a young Swiss woman who becomes mixed up with a gang planning a

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Cast

- Janine Heinig *

- Mike * Dyson Lovell - Johnnie Cobb * Duncan Lamont - Inspector Saunders * Stanley Meadows - Tom * Brian Weske - Ben * Charles Houston - Louis Cobb * Philip Ray - Jessop * Marne Maitland - Lantern * John Horsley - Inspector Malcolm * Leonard Sachs - Len Collier * Colin Rix - Detective Sergeant Rose * Dermot Kelly - Murphy

Critical reception

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'' called it "A hollow crime melodrama"; whereas '' The Dark Side'' called it "an atmospheric British noir."

References

External links

* 1963 films 1960s heist films Films directed by John Gilling British heist films British black-and-white films 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{1960s-UK-film-stub