Reception
According to Michael Deeley the film did "good business" on release. It was not a big hit in the US but it was seen by Steve McQueen and led to him subsequently approving Peter Yates as director of Bullit (1968).
The film won the best original screenplay award (Edward Boyd, Peter Yates, George Markstein) from the Writers Guild of Great Britain.
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