SUSPECT is a slight suspense thriller from the Boulting brothers, by all accounts made on a bet in just three weeks after a studio became spare when another film finished early. The story is about the dedicated scientists at a research lab who struggle with a moral dilemma when the government forbids the release of their work for the good of mankind. Some dodgy peripheral characters show up and throw the whole thing up in the air.
It's a cheap studio-bound little picture full of dialogue and much inaction, but it also has enough depth to be worth a watch. Plus, a fine little cast is always worth tuning in for alone. There's Peter Cushing in a rare non-Hammer role from the period; Ian Bannen standing out as a mixed-up guy missing both arms (!); Raymond Huntley as a bigwig; Thorley Walters and Sam Kydd as the comedy relief cops; Kenneth Griffith as a supporting scientist; Spike Milligan supplying surreal laughs; finally, Donald Pleasence as his usual sinister type. If that doesn't whet your appetite, nothing will.
It's a cheap studio-bound little picture full of dialogue and much inaction, but it also has enough depth to be worth a watch. Plus, a fine little cast is always worth tuning in for alone. There's Peter Cushing in a rare non-Hammer role from the period; Ian Bannen standing out as a mixed-up guy missing both arms (!); Raymond Huntley as a bigwig; Thorley Walters and Sam Kydd as the comedy relief cops; Kenneth Griffith as a supporting scientist; Spike Milligan supplying surreal laughs; finally, Donald Pleasence as his usual sinister type. If that doesn't whet your appetite, nothing will.