The Man Inside is a 1958

1958 in film

The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began back in 1946....

 British

Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...

 crime adventure film brought to the screen by Warwick Film Productions. The screenplay from David Shaw

David Shaw

David or Davie Shaw is the name of:* David E. Shaw , American entrepreneur; is the founder of D. E. Shaw & Co.* David Evans Shaw, American entrepreneur; managing partner of Black Point Group; spouse of actress Glenn Close...

 was based on a novel by M.E.Chaber and was directed by John Gilling. The film was Bonar Colleano

Bonar Colleano

Bonar Colleano was an American-born British stage and motion-picture performer.-Early life:Colleano was born Bonar Sullivan in New York City. Following childhood experiences with the Ringling Brothers Circus and in his family's famous circus, he entered films in 1944...

's last role before he died in a car accident.

Plot

Sam Carter (Patrick) is a jeweler's clerk who dreams of stealing a fortune in diamonds and eventually does so but kills a man in the process. He then embarks on the highlife but is pursued across Europe by Milo March (Palance) a private detective who suspects that not all is above board. However Milo is not alone in his pursuit as Trudi Hall (Ekberg) has her own ideas as to how the money would be best spent.

Cast

• Jack Palance.....Milo March
• Anita Ekberg.....Trudie Hall
• Nigel Patrick.....Sam Patrick
• Anthony Newley.....Ernesto
• Bonar Colleano.....Martin Lomer
• Sean Kelly.....Rizzio
• Sid James
  Sid James
  Sid James was an English-based South African actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancock's co-star in Hancock's Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark "dirty laugh" and lascivious persona...
  
  .....Franklin
• Donald Pleasence
  Donald Pleasence
  Sir Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, was a British actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades...
  
  .....Organ-grinder
• Eric Pohlmann
  Eric Pohlmann
  Eric Pohlmann was an Austrian theatre, film and television character actor.Born Erich Pollak in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, he was a classically trained actor who studied under the renowned director Max Reinhardt...
  
  .....Tristao
• Josephine Brown.....Mrs. Frazur