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Traitor's Gate 
Original British film posterDirected by Freddie Francis Produced by Ted Lloyd
Horst WendlandtWritten by Jimmy Sangster
Edgar Wallace (novel)Starring Albert Lieven
Gary Raymond
Klaus KinskiMusic by Peter Thomas Cinematography Denys N. Coop
Ray HearneEditing by Oswald Hafenrichter Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date(s) 18 December 1964 Running time 87 minutes Country Germany
United KingdomLanguage English Traitor's Gate (German: Das Verrätertor) is a 1964 German-British co-production crime film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Albert Lieven and Gary Raymond.[1] It was made by Rialto Films using Hammer Films' Freddie Francis and screenwriter Jimmy Sangster updating the 1927 novel by Edgar Wallace to present times. The film features a group of criminals planning to steal the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom from the Tower of London.
Cast
- Albert Lieven - Trayne
- Gary Raymond - Graham / Dick
- Margot Trooger - Dinah
- Catherine Schell - Hope Joyner
- Eddi Arent - Hector
- Klaus Kinski - Kane
- Anthony James - John
- Tim Barratt - Lloyd
- Heinz Bernard - Martin
- David Birks - Spider
- Edward Underdown - Inspector Adams
- Alec Ross - Sergeant Ross
- Julie Mendez - Stripper
- Peter Porteous - Kelly
- Katy Wild - Mary
- Harry Baird - Mate on Tramp Steamer
- Joe Ritchie - News Vendor
- Frank Sieman - Yeoman Warden Guide
- Frank Forsyth - Chief Yeoman Warden
- Caron Gardner - Blonde
- Maurice Good - King
- Robert Hunter - Captain
- Marianne Stone - Cashier at Dandy Club
- Hedger Wallace - Detective Sergeant Alexander
- Beresford Williams - Warden
References
- ^ "New York Times: Traitor's Gate". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/114331/Traitor-s-Gate/overview. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
External links
Films directed by Freddie Francis 1960s Two and Two Make Six (1962) · The Brain (1962) · Paranoiac (1963) · Nightmare (1964) · The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) · Traitor's Gate (1964) · Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) · Hysteria (1965) · The Skull (1965) · The Psychopath (1966) · The Deadly Bees (1967) · They Came From Beyond Space (1967) · Torture Garden (1967) · Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)1970s Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly (1970) · Trog (1970) · The Vampire Happening (1971) · Tales from the Crypt (1972) · The Creeping Flesh (1973) · Tales That Witness Madness (1973) · Son of Dracula (1974) · Craze (1974) · Legend of the Werewolf (1975) · The Ghoul (1975)1980s The Doctor and the Devils (1985) · Dark Tower (1987)Categories:- German films
- British films
- English-language films
- 1964 films
- 1960s crime films
- Crime thriller films
- Black-and-white films
- Heist films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films directed by Freddie Francis
- Films based on novels
- 1960s German film stubs
- 1960s British film stubs
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