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.
Checkpoint has generally received mixed reviews.
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Checkpoint was released in 1956 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1 reviews, giving Checkpoint (1956) an average rating of 55%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Checkpoint a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 55%, Checkpoint is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1956, which stands at 59%.
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