George Baker is the nervy brother, with a touch for picking the right horses. Terence Morgan is the smart brother, who has a job as a clerk in the big plant in town. Diana Dors is the promiscuous young woman whom Morgan wants, enough to embezzle three hundred pounds from the office. Now he has to replace it. Baker is out scrounging the cash up, when Miss Dors gives Morgan a gun and tells him that if all the money is missing, his theft won't show up.He heads out. Baker returns with the money, then takes off after Morgan. Before they can leave, the night watchman comes in and Morgan winds up shooting him.
The performances are very good, but I found it far too melodramatic with the obvious triangle, and Miss Dors oozing cheap and greedy sex appeal out of every pore beneath her tight-fitting outfits. Likewise, Tristam Carey's score seems to think the audience is a bunch of morons, who can't see what's going on right in front of them, so he helps them along with lots of bass, kettledrums, and clashing cymbals. That lack of respect makes what could have been a great kitchen-sink film noir into just a good one.
The performances are very good, but I found it far too melodramatic with the obvious triangle, and Miss Dors oozing cheap and greedy sex appeal out of every pore beneath her tight-fitting outfits. Likewise, Tristam Carey's score seems to think the audience is a bunch of morons, who can't see what's going on right in front of them, so he helps them along with lots of bass, kettledrums, and clashing cymbals. That lack of respect makes what could have been a great kitchen-sink film noir into just a good one.