Robert Cain (brewer) as the Robert Cain Brewery or Cains Brewery) on Stanhope Street, Liverpool in 1858. At the same time as he was developing his brewing business, Cain also made shrewd property deals and ran a hotel near to the brewery on Stanhope Street; as the company grew it expanded by buying out smaller brewers and taking control of their pubs. Cain became one of Liverpool's most successful businessmen with a passion for using the most modern techniques and equipment. He expanded the brewery several times, most notably in 1887 and in 1900–1902, when the landmark redbrick part of the brewery was
Syd Cain the titles. For "From Russia with Love", Cain designed a $150,000 set for a chess match which repeated the "chess pawn" motif throughout the room. He worked on a number of James Bond movies creating numerous gadgets. Cain's name appears in documents in several films on which he worked. In "Our Man in Havana" where he was assistant art director his name features on the blueprints of a vacuum cleaner. Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy" features an in-joke of a racing form featuring the horse Jon Finch is to bet on is owned by a "Mrs S. Cain". Cain was married three