A socialite by the name of Alice Alvarez is the latest victim of Jewel thief, Mr March, only this time she's killed. Scotland Yard are on the case, but this time they are joined by France's finest, Inspector Duval.
The entrance and exit of Inspector Duval, I wonder if there had initially been plans for a few Inspector Duval films, after watching this, you can understand why they stopped at just the one.
Very much a pot boiler, it's a very pedestrian, almost dour plot, there's nothing original, nothing exciting, nothing clever, it's one of those films you'll have forgotten about thirty minutes after the credits have rolled.
Why did they have to make Diffring French? Had he been Swiss or Belgian, it may have worked, but who could even remotely believe that he's French? He doesn't even try to mask his accent.
Some of those accents are hilarious, one suspects a few mouthfuls of marbles to achieve the desired sound.
On the plus side, it's very stylish, visually it's appealing, sadly the other elements don't have quite the same impact.
4/10.
