Payroll (film)

Payroll
UK movie poster
Directed bySidney Hayers
Written byGeorge Baxt
Based onPayroll by Derek Bickerton
Produced byNorman Priggen
Julian Wintle
StarringMichael Craig
Françoise Prévost
Billie Whitelaw
William Lucas
CinematographyErnest Steward
Edited byTristam Cones
Music byReg Owen
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 20 April 1961 (1961-04-20) (London West End)
  • 21 May 1961 (1961-05-21) (UK general release)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Payroll is a 1961 British neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, and Billie Whitelaw.[1] The screenplay by George Baxt was adapted from Derek Bickerton's 1959 novel of the same name. The film revolves around a group of criminals who plan and execute a wages robbery, which ultimately ends in disaster.

  1. ^ "Payroll". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 February 2024.