Break in the Circle is a 1955 British crime film directed by Val Guest and starring Forrest Tucker, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring, Arnold Marle and Guy Middleton. It was written by Guest based on the 1951 novel Break in The Circle by Robin Estridge (as Philip Loraine), and produced by Michael Carreras for Hammer Films. This was Hammer's second color film, following Men of Sherwood Forest and James Carreras had high hopes for its success, but the film did not perform up to his expectations at the box office. Doreen Carwithen composed the score for the film, Jimmy Sangster was Production Manager, J. Elder Wills was Production Designer and Phil Leakey handled Makeup. Filming began Aug. 22, 1954, and it was trade shown on Feb. 10, 1955 and released in the UK on Feb. 28, 1955. It was only released much later in the US in 1957. Val Guest later directed Forrest Tucker again in Hammer's later sci-fi epic The Abominable Snowman.