A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother. She is protected from the police by a night club entertainer, who she learns is the man she is seeking.
John Mills
Jim Connor
Rène Ray
Eileen
Charles Oliver
Terrell, gang boss
Bruce Seton
Madison, tall henchman
Julian Vedey
Steve, short henchman
Robert Newton
Dave Connor
Allan Jeayes
The Detective Inspector
Frank Atkinson
Protheroe, the butler
Tyrell Davis
Charlie, the Bartender
William Dewhurst
Train Passenger
Alf Goddard
Jake
Clifford Heatherley
David Horne
Edward Lexy
Aileen Marson
Hotel Majestic Maid
Orlando Martins
Bill Shine
Harry Terry
Jack Vyvyan
PC Pat Johnson
Martin Walker
Albert Whelan
Googie Withers
Director
William Cameron Menzies
Screenplay
Ted Berkman
Story
Graham Greene
Writer
Arthur Wimperis
June 20, 2022
6
This has some good ingredients to make a jolly, if not exactly, menacing murder story - but it's all just way too fluffy and talky. The doey-eyed Rene Ray is "Eileen" who arrives into London very late one night. At the station, she encounters "Dave" (Robert Newton) who offers to show her an hotel where she might pass the night. What she doesn't know, is that her good Samaritan has fallen foul of some crooks and a station fracas ensues and he is mortally injured. Before he croaks, he gives her a message to give to his brother "Jim" (John Mills) in the eponymous nightclub. She meets the brother, but a rather unlikely series of mishaps befall the pair as they are being sought by the police and the hoodlums. Aside from some singing and dancing that one wouldn't normally attribute to John Mills, the thing is entirely procedural with little by way suspense or peril; and saving a rather curious performance from Frank Atkinson as the butler "Protheroe" would be instantly forgettable.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00