Checkpoint
1956 | 84m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Ralph Thomas |
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| Writer: | Robin Estridge |
| Staring: |
| Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However, when opening a safe containing the plans, he triggers an alarm leading to a gun battle where he kills a number of people. James Robertson Justice, alarmed by the scandal surrounding the killings, orders his agent be killed surreptitiously to hide his involvement with the plot. The film uses original footage from the Mille Miglia , an Italian open-road endurance race, featuring classic period racing cars. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 25, 1956 |
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| Director: | Ralph Thomas |
| Writer: | Robin Estridge |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | The Rank Organisation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Anthony Steel | Bill Fraser |
| Odile Versois | Francesca |
| Stanley Baker | O'Donovan |
| James Robertson Justice | Warren Ingram |
| Maurice Denham | Ted Thornhill |
| Michael Medwin | Ginger |
| Paul Müller | Petersen |
| Lee Patterson | Johnny Carpenter |
| Anne Heywood | Gabriela |
| Anthony Oliver | Michael |
| Philip Gilbert | Eddie |
| MacDonald Hobley | Commentator |
| Robert Rietti | Frontier Guard |
| Andreas Malandrinos | Night Watchman |
| Dino Galvani | Hotel Hall Porter |
| Jill Dixon | Stewardess |
| Harold Ayer | Plane Passenger |
| Bert Simms | Newspaper Salesman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ralph Thomas | Director |
| Carmen Dillon | Art Direction |
| Robin Estridge | Writer |
| Maurice Gibson | Second Assistant Director |
| Ernest Steward | Cinematography |
| Bruce Montgomery | Music |
| Frederick Wilson | Editor |
| Dario Simoni | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
| Betty E. Box | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trending Position
This is a great opportunity for car lovers to watch some beauties meandering the roads of Locarno, Florence and the Northern Italian lakes using some stunning actuality footage from the Mille Miglia. Aside from that, its a rather far-fetched crime caper that sees Stanley Baker sent to an Italian car ... designer to try and persuade him to come and work for James Robertson Justice's British outfit. It all goes murderously wrong, and a convoluted scheme has to be devised to get him back home involving Anthony Steel "Bill", butch drunkard "Johnny" (Lee Patterson) and the rather glamorous "Francesca" (Odile Versois). It's probably more notable for being one of the few roles with JRJ appearing as a baddie, but Baker is his usually hammy self and the dialogue lurches along towards a really rather predictable, if good to watch, ending. One for car enthusiasts only sorry...