Strongroom

Taut as a drum and hailed by Tarantino, Scorsese and Edgar Wright, Vernon Sewell’s suspense thriller is an outstanding example of the lean British ‘B’ film. 

A carefully-planned heist on a suburban bank goes awry after the robbers lock the bank manager and his secretary in the airtight vault and make off with the cash. However, they soon realise that the pair will suffocate and the gang will face a murder rap if they can’t free them. With only 12 hours’ worth of air in the vault, the clock is ticking.