The Rivals

Name: The Rivals
Genre: Drama
Duration: 56 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Jack Gwillim, Erica Rogers, Brian Smith

1963
56m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

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

Drama

Two hoodlums accidentally steal a car containing a ransom note for a kidnapped girl. Seeing an opportunity, they decide to collect the ransom money themselves, posing as the original kidnapp... Read allTwo hoodlums accidentally steal a car containing a ransom note for a kidnapped girl. Seeing an opportunity, they decide to collect the ransom money themselves, posing as the original kidnappers.Two hoodlums accidentally steal a car containing a ransom note for a kidnapped girl. Seeing an opportunity, they decide to collect the ransom money themselves, posing as the original kidnappers.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

YOUR RATING

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8chris-4016

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

8sgtmac-01689

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.

7coltras35

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.

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Trivia
One of a series of second feature films based on Edgar Wallace novels, released between 1960 and 1965 in British cinemas. The films were later sold to American TV and screened there as The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959).

Goofs
The car thieves are particularly inept, as they do not wear gloves at any stage - stealing the car, leaving the ransom note at the hotel, providing the map to Neilson, etc.