5.6
Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister Kleinie....
Liz Fraser
Jo Lake
Kenneth Griffith
Kleinie
Peter Reynolds
Mark
Tony Wickert
Tom
Craig Douglas
Nightclub Singer
Nanette Newman
Mary
Ray Smith
Glynn
David Hemmings
Roy
Harold Berens
Mikhala
Grazina Frame
Lucy
Richard McNeff
Police Inspector
Gerald Sim
Plain Clothes Policeman
Rosemary Chalmers
Gloria
Mia Karam
Dawn
Terence Maidment
Henchman
Bill Stevenson
Henchman
Lionel Ngakane
Barman
Ann Wrigg
Manageress
Philip Johns
Police Officer at St. Pancras
Tony Castleton
Customer at St. Pancras Tearoom (uncredited)
Alex Graham
Waiter (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Police Officer at St. Pancras (uncredited)
Ned Hood
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Arthur Howell
Police Officer at St. Pancras (uncredited)
Jack Silk
Police Officer Outside Bookshop (uncredited)
Jeff Silk
Police Officer Outside Bookshop (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Police Officer At Gravel Pit (uncredited)
Director
Lance Comfort
Original Story
Brock Williams
Screenplay
Pip Baker
Screenplay
Jane Baker
September 25, 2022
6
I rather enjoyed Kenneth Griffith's performance here as the malevolent "Kleinie". He finds himself caught up in the amateur shenanigans of "Jo" (Liz Fraser) and "Mark" (Peter Reynolds). Now this pair have an habit of using her as a lure for young men whom she invites back to her flat only for her "husband" to arrive and try a little extortion. Well, they hit on the newly flush lad - "Tom" (Tony Wickert) - but when she returns to finish the sting, "Kleinie" calls alerting her to a shocking surprise in the bedroom. The young "Tom" is too drunk to offer much resistance to her rather ill thought-out plan and before he knows it he is being sought by the police for murder. What now ensues is a fairly run-of-the-mill British crime noir as both "Tom" and "Jo" have to stay one step ahead of the pursuing police whilst their nasty nemesis has plans for them of his own. Fraser was a competent enough comedy actress, but here she hasn't really the gravitas to engender much of a sense of danger. Wickert fares slightly better as the not-so-hapless youth - once he sobers up - but there isn't much jeopardy here and as the plot shuttles along we are well aware of how things are going to turn out. It's only an hour long, though, and Lance Comfort doesn't let it hang about - it moves along well enough with a basic but adequate production and a rather hectic score from Martin Slavin to keep it watchable, if forgettable.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00