That Anglo-Amalgamated were now making kitchen sink dramas showed that by 1963 the genre had reached the commercial mainstream. Reuniting June Ritchie & Ian Hendry from the now forgotten 'Live Now - Pay Later', this isn't even included in the filmography of executive producer Peter Rogers' autobiography, although it's probably as good as anything he ever made. (The one thing betraying that it came from the same stable as the 'Carry Ons' is Eric Rogers' score.)
When I last saw this film on the occasion of it's only screening on BBC2 as the Midnight Movie on the night of 11 June 1977 it was less than fifteen years old and already seemed a period piece. Hendry (still a familiar face on TV) had long since become old and haggard compared to the dashing young fellow he then was. Now he's been dead nearly thirty years and John Hurt - who here looks barely old enough to shave - would be eighty were he still with us. But the film still lives!
When I last saw this film on the occasion of it's only screening on BBC2 as the Midnight Movie on the night of 11 June 1977 it was less than fifteen years old and already seemed a period piece. Hendry (still a familiar face on TV) had long since become old and haggard compared to the dashing young fellow he then was. Now he's been dead nearly thirty years and John Hurt - who here looks barely old enough to shave - would be eighty were he still with us. But the film still lives!