John Cummings, an unsuccessful London cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by a hood in the employ of Lionel Meadows, sadistic organiser of a car conversion racket. As the vehicle is uninsured, and since the police seem indifferent, Cummings decides to find it himself — and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.

• Independent Artists
• Richard Todd
• Peter Sellers
• Elizabeth Sellars
• Adam Faith
• Carol White
• Mervyn Johns
• Noel Willman
• David Lodge