Wheffles

Made when films had a script and not just a list of special effects, two years after the war and all the usual suspects turn out for a film that fairly crackles, it avoids the usual cosy ness typical of this era and in its way it could have been the model for tvs eastenders. I enjoyed this film, all the cast are on top of their game. A woman now living a drab married life finds her former lover on the doorstep having escaped from prison, suddenly all the danger and excitement are back in her life as she hides him from the police, David mcallum as the villain , so confident before he was arrested plays a hunted frightened shadow of his former self, will he go back to prison, a place where he's already been flogged ?, you'll have to wait and see!

I'm amazed this film was lost for so long, it's rare to see fifties England in colour for a start, it reminds me of Genevieve, the two young stars vernon gray and Jeanette Scott are just lovely, this is a tale of two young people who's parents for snobbish reasons don't approve so they set off for Gretna green , their journey is eventful with the police and their parents giving chase, since talking pictures showed this film I've watched it many times, if you want the perfect film for a grey day this is it, feel good factor,.. on toast!. So put your feet up , get some crumpets and a pot of tea and enjoy.

These are great to watch with a cuppa on your own , though it did make me laugh when Lewis turns out to have been at school with a character played by Gina McKee, as he's 12 yrs older than her in the real world I somehow think not!. Never mind it didn't spoil it, I often think 'oh I've seen this I shan't bother' but it's always worth the effort as five minutes in you realise you never can remember the ending, makes a change from watching black and white films, though. It's a shame we don't very often get tv of this calibre anymore, endeavour aside. I wonder if all the actors have little or no character these days perhaps it's growing up in these anodyne times.