Bellman and True

Bellman and True

6.3IMDb Score
Released:1987-11-12
Duration:122 min
Director:Richard Loncraine
Actors:Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Richard Hope, Ken Bones, Frances Tomelty
Production:Handmade Films, Euston Films, Thames Television

Overview:

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.

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