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Jack Gwillim, Barry Linehan, and Erica Rogers in The Rivals (1963)

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The Rivals

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7/10

The rivals

A couple of cars thieves disrupt a kidnapping scheme by stealing a car containing the ransom money. They are then targeted by both the kidnapers and the Swedish millionaire (Jack Gwilim) whose daughter's life is a stake.

Quite a suspenseful tale with plenty of twist in the plot. The villains are quite a menacing lot here, and the opportunists who stumble on the ransom note are quite smart. It's well-acted, and there's nary a dull moment - the stark black and white photography adds to the tension. The thriller ends with a gunshot and the police arriving. It ends satisfactory. Erica Rogers does well as the girlfriend of the car thief.
  • coltras35
  • Mar 11, 2023
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5/10

Perpetrating a fraud with a double dose of danger.

  • mark.waltz
  • Jun 30, 2025
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A very interesting plot

  • searchanddestroy-1
  • Dec 3, 2011
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8/10

One of the best.

An excellent second feature, with a well assembled cast.

Most of the movies in the Edgar Wallace collection are quite slow and boring but this is a little gem and I liked it when I first saw it as a 17 year old kid back in 1983 when Channel 4 in the UK uses to show them late at night.
  • sgtmac-01689
  • Jun 1, 2018
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8/10

Hair raising at times

Barry Lineham is wearing a 'syrup' which looks like a sleeping polecat at times

The cars are wonderful period models, and Erica Rogers is superb
  • chris-4016
  • Jun 4, 2018
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