
Checkpoint
Checkpoint
A Crime and Drama film released in 1956, Checkpoint runs 1h 24m and comes from United Kingdom. Soap2Day lists it with Ralph Thomas directing and Anthony Steel and Odile Versois in the cast. It holds 5.6/10 from 7 votes. Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However, when opening a safe containing the plans, he triggers an alarm leading to a gun battle where he kills a number of people. James Robertson Justice, alarmed by the scandal surrounding the killings, orders his agent be killed surreptitiously to hide his involvement with the plot. The film uses original footage from the Mille Miglia , an Italian open-road endurance race, featuring classic period racing cars.
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Ralph Thomas
- Cast: Anthony Steel, Odile Versois, Stanley Baker, James Robertson Justice, Maurice Denham, Michael Medwin, Paul Müller, Lee Patterson, Anne Heywood, Anthony Oliver, Philip Gilbert, MacDonald Hobley

















