tread softly stranger (1958)

Johnny Mansell (George Baker) a gambler, turns up at his brother Dave's (Terence Morgan), in order to lay low to avoid some bad lads in London. First he meets his brother's girlfriend Calico (Diana Dors) and finds out his brother is in trouble himself, having dipped into the factory wages to keep his girlfriend in the manner she has become accustomed to. Dave has eight days to replace the money, Calico suggests they steal the wages instead. Johnny is against the idea, prefering to gamble to get the funds. But which way is Dave going to go, and now johnny is here, which brother is Calico going to go for? This is a good atmospheric crime thriller, set "up north" and with suitably blunt northern vowels! George Baker is the cool and calm big brother, with charm to spare. Whilst his brother is all nerves and prone to cracking up at the slightest thing. Then there's Diana Dors, all smoldering sex kitten vamp, very much a diamond in the rough, sparkling in the grim northern industrialness.