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Compelled is a British film of genre Drama with Ronald Howard

Compelled (1960)

Compelled
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Length 56minutes
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating52% 2.634812.634812.634812.634812.63481

Compelled is a 1960 British black and white crime film, one of two films directed by Ramsey Herrington . It stars Ronald Howard and Beth Rogan.



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Synopsis

Ex-con Paul Adams is an engineer blackmailed into assisting with a jewel theft. Unbeknownst to his wife, he becomes involved in the building of an underground tunnel from a bookshop to a jewellers.

Actors

Ronald Howard

(Paul Adams)John Gabriel
Jack Melford

(Grimes)Colin Tapley

(Inspector)Mark Singleton

(Derek)
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