A Prize of Arms

A Prize of Arms
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCliff Owen
Written byKevin Kavanagh
Nicolas Roeg
Produced byGeorge Maynard
StarringStanley Baker
Helmut Schmid
Tom Bell
CinematographyGerald Gibbs
Gilbert Taylor
Edited byJohn Jympson
Music byRobert Sharples
Distributed byBryanston Films (UK)
Release date
  • 12 October 1962 (1962-10-12)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£258,149[1]
Box office£43,000[2]

A Prize of Arms is a 1962 British crime film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Stanley Baker, Helmut Schmid, Patrick Magee and Tom Bell.[3] Set in 1956, the film follows a criminal gang as it tries to rob an army pay convoy during the Suez Crisis.[4]

  1. ^ Petrie, Duncan James (2017). "Bryanston Films : An Experiment in Cooperative Independent Production and Distribution" (PDF). Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: 7. ISSN 1465-3451.
  2. ^ Petrie p 14
  3. ^ "A Prize of Arms". IMDb.
  4. ^ "A Prize of Arms_1962 | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.