Offbeat

A gang is at work in the city. The group carries out thefts and bank robberies. Scotland Yard has been after them a long time. But there is no trace they can hold on to. The investigation is stuck. So another way is tried. A man called Layton is brought in from MI5. Layton is used to working alone. His task is to get inside the gang. He hides who he is and joins them. In time he wins their trust. But the longer he stays in, the more tangled it gets. Who is doing what becomes blurred. William Sylvester and Mai Zetterling take the leads, with John Meillon also in the cast, in Cliff Owen’s British film of 1961.