Cash on Demand
How to rob a bank... and get away with it?
1961 • 80 min • Crime · Drama · Thriller
Synopsis
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.
Our family guide
Best from age 10- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 76 Audience · 60 · 49%
A charming but ruthless criminal takes a bank manager's family hostage to force him to steal £90,000 from his own bank. The manager must navigate the heist under extreme duress, fearing for his family's safety.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- A man's family is held hostage by a criminal.
- Characters are under intense psychological stress.
- The heist involves threats and manipulation.
What it models well
- Integrity under pressure
- Family loyalty
- Resourcefulness
Talk about it after
- The true meaning of wealth
- Moral choices in tough situations
- Trust and deception
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Top billed cast
Director: Quentin Lawrence • Crew: Lewis Greifer, David T. Chantler
Trailers & clips
Cash on Demand - Movie Trailer (1961)
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersIf anyone was ever to wonder upon whom Arthur Lowe might have based his "Capt. Mainwaring" from "Dad's Army" character on, then they might look at Peter Cushing here in this superior heist thriller. He is the fastidious, frankly rather obnoxious, bank manager who runs his branch without any regard at all for his staff. Indeed, the first few scenes demonstrate just how unpleasant he can be - even on December 23rd!…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersCash on Delivery? Pah! This is Cash on Demand! Out of Hammer Film Productions, Cash on Demand is directed by Quentin Lawrence and adapted to screenplay by David Chantler & Lewis Greifer from a play by Jacques Gillies. It stars Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon, Norman Bird and Kevin Stoney. Music is by Wilfred Josephs and photography by Arthur Grant. Hammer's Xmas movie has a kick and half.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.6/10 (60)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0054731