2 reviews
This was made by Fox British at their Wembley studios which became tv studios in the fifties.This film came at almost the end of the 10 year period when quantity counted more than quality.This is a fairly tame offering even by the low standards of the period.An impossibly young Ballad Berkeley,the major of fawlty towers,romances Renee Ray.John Longden ties it all up in the last five minutes.
- malcolmgsw
- Sep 27, 2018
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Rene Ray is Jennifer Hale, a chorus girl who is wanted for questioning by the police in the murder of a theatrical producer. She flees to Manchester and under an assumed name, becomes a taxi dancer, where architect Ballard Berkley meets her and falls in love with her.
It's a murder mystery, but about three quarters of it is taken up with Miss Ray's perfectly harmless actions in Manchester. Her flight and hiding is intended to make the movie-watcher suspect her; her ordinary demeanor makes it unlikely. John Longden as the suave Scotland Yard inspector shows up on the screen occasionally to explain what has actually happened.
It's a bare-bones quota quickie, without much detail to make it more interesting. Miss Ray is pretty, Mr. Berkley is handsome and smitten, and the entire solution of the case takes only a few minutes.
It's a murder mystery, but about three quarters of it is taken up with Miss Ray's perfectly harmless actions in Manchester. Her flight and hiding is intended to make the movie-watcher suspect her; her ordinary demeanor makes it unlikely. John Longden as the suave Scotland Yard inspector shows up on the screen occasionally to explain what has actually happened.
It's a bare-bones quota quickie, without much detail to make it more interesting. Miss Ray is pretty, Mr. Berkley is handsome and smitten, and the entire solution of the case takes only a few minutes.