Siege of Sydney Street (1960)
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A real-life incident became the basis for this highly fictionalized drama about a January 1911 confrontation between political anarchists and London police in that city's Whitechapel district that resulted in an infamous, blazing gun battle. Sara (Nicole Berger) is an orphaned Russian girl who… More A real-life incident became the basis for this highly fictionalized drama about a January 1911 confrontation between political anarchists and London police in that city's Whitechapel district that resulted in an infamous, blazing gun battle. Sara (Nicole Berger) is an orphaned Russian girl who works as a singer in a nightclub. There she meets Peter (Peter Wyngarde), anarchist leader of expatriate Latvians agitating for the independence of their home country following the failed revolt of 1905. At first, Sara is sympathetic to Peter and his cause, but she soon discovers that the rebels are using whatever means necessary, including robbery and murder, to raise money for their crusade, and that Peter himself has an overly pragmatic, callous attitude toward the taking of innocent life. The group's nefarious activities have attracted the attention of London police, and an inspector, Mannering (Donald Sinden) goes undercover with the anarchists in order to help bring them to justice. Mannering feels sympathy for Sara and befriends her, coming to understand her lonely attraction to Peter. The gang's violent onslaught continues unabated and results in a raid that pits gang members against hundreds of armed police. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Monty Berman
- Genres
- Drama
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The acting was stiff.
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Cast
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Donald Sinden
as Inspector John Mannering
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Nicole Maurey
as Sara
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Kieron Moore
as Toska
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Peter Wyngarde
as Peter the Painter
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Godfrey Quigley
as Blakey
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Leonard Sachs
as Svaars
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T.P. McKenna
as Lapidos
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Tutte Lemkow
as Dmitrieff
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George Pastell
as Brodsky
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Maurice Good
as Gardstein
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Harold Goldblatt
as Hersh
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Christopher Casson
as Police Commissioner
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Harry Brogan
as Old Harry
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Alan Simpson
as Uniformed Police Inspector
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Nicole Berger
as Sara
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Paul Farrell
as Barman
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Bill Foley
as 1st Detective
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Joe Lynch
as Sgt. Todd
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Jimmy Sangster
as Winston Churchill
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Anne Sharp
as Woman on Estate
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Bart Bastable
as Sgt. Tucker
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Aiden Grennell
as 2nd Detective
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Robert Lepler
as Jeweler
