This movie is legendary

Yes it its!! Todd and Sellers cast against type are terrific. The Brits could really make these bleak, gritty, realistic noir films. And for those who pine for "the good old days" films like this captured the desperation of many of the working class that struggled to survive. The seeming ineffectiveness of the police was a common theme of the movies of the times and is truly unsettling.
This is a must see.