The Challenge movie storyline. Billie and Kristy lead a gang of armed robbers who steal from banks, armoured cars, and the like. When Billie’s lover, Jim, gets caught by the police after stashing a large amount of money, they wait for him to get out of jail. He does and has to deal with both the police and his ex-gang as they both need him to get what they want. Things become more complicated when Kristy kidnaps Jim’s son and threatens to kill him if Jim doesn’t come up with the buried loot.
The Challenge, released as It Takes a Thief in the United States, is a 1960 British neo noir crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Jayne Mansfield and Anthony Quayle. The film was shot in England from 12 October to around December 1959. Mansfield flew back to America on the 16th, after she finished filming.
The Challenge (1960)
Directed by: John Gilling
Starring: Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Möhner, Peter Reynolds, John Bennett, Barbara Mullen, Peter Pike, Robert Brown, Dermot Walsh, Percy Herbert, Lorraine Clewes
Screenplay by: John Gilling
Production Design by: Thomas N. Morahan
Cinematography by: Gordon Dines
Film Editing by: Alan Osbiston, John Victor-Smith
Costume Design by: Beatrice Dawson
Art Direction by: Jim Morahan
Music by: Bill McGuffie
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Release Date: May 17, 1960 (London) (UK)
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