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A kid, a vault, and oxygen running out — what could go wrong?
TMDB
63
Rotten Tomatoes
36
Audience Score
40
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Time Lock (1957)

claustrophobicnail-bitingvintage tension

Overview

Thriller

A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.

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Content warning
vaultblack and whiterace against timechild in perilbanksafe

Standout Aspects

Direction

Gerald Thomas before Carry On — tight, desperate, unrelenting.

Acting

Vincent Winter's silent terror in an actual vault.

Production

Real bank location shoots add suffocating authenticity.

Best for:Solo: Late-night anxiety spiral fuel.·Rewatch: Spot the Carry On director's serious side.
Heads up:Triggers: Child in life-threatening peril throughout.·Disturbing: 1950s medical helplessness hits harder than gore.
Gerald Thomas

Director

Gerald Thomas

ReleasedAug 27, 1957
Runtime1h 13m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Romulus Films

Top Cast

Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

Pete Dawson

Lee Patterson

Lee Patterson

Colin Walker

Betty McDowall

Betty McDowall

Lucille Walker

Robert Ayres

Robert Ayres

Insp. Andrews

Alan Gifford

Alan Gifford

George Foster

Larry Cross

Larry Cross

Reporter

Sandra Francis

Sandra Francis

Evelyn Webb

Roland Brand

Roland Brand

Police officer

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Welder #1

Jack Cunningham

Jack Cunningham

Max Jarvis

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

This was Gerald Thomas's only serious thriller before directing 30+ Carry On films. The vault was a real Lloyd's Bank location in London.

Cultural

Released during the 1957 'free cinema' movement, it was praised for documentary-style realism — rare for British studio pictures of the era.

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