Offbeat

1961
1h 11m

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When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang a... Read allWhen Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.

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6.6/10

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Trivia
Patricia Shakesby's debut.

Goofs
The briefcase is full of money when handed over yet when thrown into the car is flat and obviously empty.

Quotes
[to Layton who is about to go undercover]
Chief Superintendent Gault: Think of yourself as a research student doing a survey of crime... from the inside.
Layton: With a fifty-fifty change of getting killed.

Connections
Features L'habit fait le moine (1958)

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Not PRIZE OF ARMS nor RIFIFI but still worth the watch

Director Cliff Owen gave us PRIZE OF ARMS, one year later, a terrific heist film starring Stanley Baker several years before ROBBERY. This movie - PRIZE OF ARMS - was absolutely stunning and any other crime film made by this director could not be better. That doesn't mean that DEVIL INSIDE - OFFBEAT- is lower in efficiency, quality. It is just different, and more in the line of what the crime intrigues usually are. It remains a tremendous British crime thriller that deserves to be seen. But, in France, a very few movie goers know this movie. Many audiences will prefer PRIZE OF ARMS. I belong to them, but please, watch this one. Also a major RIFIFI heist influence. Light hearted but also a bittersweet.