Directed and starring Robert Montgomery. He plays Adam Hayward, an American lawyer who arrives in a sleepy British village to defend an old wartime buddy Sam Baxter (Michael Ripper.)
He has been accused of killing a stable hand called Lawrence, who implied that he had a fling with Baxter's wife.
While Hayward has no standing in the British courts. He does some sleuthing to track down a female eyewitness. She could testify that Baxter killed Lawrence in self defence.
It is good to see wartime loyalty being repaid. Even when things are tough, Hayward and Baxter remember they survived tougher times.
However too much time is spent on the differences between the English and the American legal system. As well as mannerisms and the the differences in language between both countries.
It all gets too plodding and it never livens up. Even the romance subplot is tepid. It is hard to believe that Montgomery also directed the Philip Marlowe thriller Lady in the Lake.
He has been accused of killing a stable hand called Lawrence, who implied that he had a fling with Baxter's wife.
While Hayward has no standing in the British courts. He does some sleuthing to track down a female eyewitness. She could testify that Baxter killed Lawrence in self defence.
It is good to see wartime loyalty being repaid. Even when things are tough, Hayward and Baxter remember they survived tougher times.
However too much time is spent on the differences between the English and the American legal system. As well as mannerisms and the the differences in language between both countries.
It all gets too plodding and it never livens up. Even the romance subplot is tepid. It is hard to believe that Montgomery also directed the Philip Marlowe thriller Lady in the Lake.