Clash by Night (1963 film)

For the 1952 Fritz Lang film of the same name see Clash by Night.

Clash by Night (released in the US as Escape by Night) is a 1963 British crime thriller film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Terence Longdon and Jennifer Jayne. . It is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Rupert Croft-Cooke.

Plot
A bus transporting criminals from court to prison is held up by crooks who rescue one of their gang. The bus is driven to a deserted farm and the other occupants of the bus are locked in a barn. To give the gang leader plenty of time to escape, he tells everone – two prison officers, the driver and five prisoners – that the barn has been doused in petrol, and that two gang members will stay behind outside to guard it, and will set fire to the straw-filled building if anyone tries to escape. The prisoners and officers start to interact, but soon find they may be in danger from yet another source.

Cast

 * Terence Longdon as Martin Lord
 * Jennifer Jayne as Nita Lord
 * Harry Fowler as Doug Roberts
 * Alan Wheatley as Ronald Grey-Simmons
 * Peter Sallis as Victor Lush
 * John Arnatt as Inspector Croft
 * Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Peel
 * Arthur Lovegrove as Ernie Peel
 * Vanda Godsell as Mrs. Grey-Simmons
 * Richard Carpenter as Danny Watts
 * Mark Dignam as Sydney Selwyn
 * Robert Brown as Mawsley
 * Stanley Meadows as George Brett
 * Tom Bowman as Bart Rennison
 * Ray Austin as the intruder
 * William Simons as guard outside barn (uncredited)
 * Geoffrey Denton as station sergeant (uncredited)

Critical reception
Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Despite the coincidences on which so much of the story depends, this is a fairly entertaining thriller, briskly developed and with well-written dialogue."