Does Payroll end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Payroll easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Payroll

Name: Payroll
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1961
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Michael Craig, Françoise Prévost, Billie Whitelaw, William Lucas, Kenneth Griffith

Brilliant... Brutal... Torn from tonight's headlines!

Directed by Sidney Hayers

Produced by Lynx Films Ltd.

1961105 min6.8 / 10

A taut neo-noir crime thriller about a botched heist that spirals into betrayal, revenge, and moral collapse as a gang unravels under pressure and a widow's vengeance.

A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry the cash. The gang still go ahead with the robbery, but when the driver of the armoured van is killed in the raid, his wife plans revenge, and with the police closing in, the gang start to turn on each other.

Clusters

Crime and Betrayal Stories Revenge Stories Without Happy Endings Corrupt Characters in Crime Stories Mob Double Crosses Combat and Battles

Genres

Crime Drama

Keywords

Factory Robbery Northern England Ambush Deceit Neo-noir

Questions people ask

Does Payroll end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Payroll scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is Payroll violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Is Payroll easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Payroll sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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