Nowhere to Go (1958 film)

Nowhere to Go
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Seth Holt
Produced by	Michael Balcon Eric Williams
Written by	Donald MacKenzie (novel) Kenneth Tynan Seth Holt
Starring	George Nader Maggie Smith Bernard Lee Geoffrey Keen
Music by	Dizzy Reece
Cinematography	Paul Beeson
Edited by	Harry Aldous
Production company	Ealing Films Ltd.
Distributed by	MGM
Release date	2 December 1958
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$468,000
Box office	$460,000

Nowhere to Go is a 1958 British crime film directed by Seth Holt, his directorial debut. It stars George Nader, Maggie Smith (receiving her first screen credit), Bernard Lee, Harry H. Corbett and Lionel Jeffries. After a criminal escapes from jail, his attempts to recover his stashed loot end in failure, as he is shunned by the criminal community and hunted down by the police.

Originally edited down as part of a double bill, the full-length version of Nowhere to Go was released on DVD in January 2013.

Paul Gregory (Nader), a Canadian confidence trickster operating in London targets a wealthy Canadian woman in Britain to sell her collection of valuable coins. After meeting her at an ice hockey match, he sets about winning her confidence until she is prepared to give him legal control over the sale. He then completes the deal without her knowledge, puts the money from the sale in a safe deposit box, and then deliberately waits to be caught by the police. Gregory plans on getting a five-year sentence, with time off for good behaviour, and then collecting his loot when he is released.

However, the judge makes an example of the uncooperative Gregory by handing down a ten-year term. Not wishing to spend so much time in jail, Gregory pays Victor Sloane (Bernard Lee), one of his associates on the outside, to help him escape. He makes his way to London where he plans to collect his hidden money. Almost immediately things begin to go wrong. Fearing arrest, he is unable for the moment to recover the money from the safe. Sloane also now begins to demand more money, threatening him with violence, and Gregory is forced to retaliate.

Gregory tries to get help from his fellow criminals calling upon an established code that exists between them. But when his former associate Sloane is found dead – accidentally having choked to death on the gag Gregory placed in his mouth – they refuse to offer him any assistance as he is now too "hot".