Counting down the last remaining weeks to Christmas,I decided to recently go on Ebay,in the hope of finding some titles that my dad could enjoy watching this holiday season.Taking a look at a page for British movies,I stumbled upon a near forgotten movie,which had been quickly made as an adaptation of a Christianna Brand novel,due to the success of the 1946 Brand adaptation Green For Danger.With having watched Green For Danger a number of times with my dad,I decided that it was the perfect time to pick up a deadly set of heels.
The plot:
Despite being the main attraction at London's most popular fashion house in Bond Street,the models find themselves unable to move on to bigger,and better things,due to former model Agnes Gregory having owner Frank Beavan wrapped round her finger,in order to make sure that none of the new models take any power or influence from her.
A few days later:
Returning home after eating at a restaurant,Agnes becomes very ill,and soon dies from a deadly intake of poison.Investigating the fashion house for any clues to who might have murdered Gregory,Detective Charlesworth soon finds out,that in life Agnes had stepped on everyone with deadly force.
View on the film:
Whilst the dialogue in Christianna Brand's adaptation of her own novel for Hammer (then known as Marylebone-Hammer) studios is a bit on the blunt side,Brand uses the edgy,backstabbing attitudes of the fashion models to make the movie's 45 minute running time fly by,with Diana Wong and Patricia Laffan, (who would reunite with the director for 1948's Who Killed Van Loon) giving sly,wicked performances as two (possibly) deadly models.
Making his directing debut, (after having been a producer for over a decade) Lionel Tomlinson kicks things off in a stylish fashion,by using a newspaper in the opening to show the less then cheerful relationship that the models have with the hard nosed Gregory.Whilst Tomlinson does sadly leave his eye for style behind as the movie enters the fashion house,Tomlinson creates a delightful back stabbing atmosphere,by shooting the scenes of the killer preparing their deadly weapon in a harsh Film Noir light,as a pair of deadly heels get ready to strike.
The plot:
Despite being the main attraction at London's most popular fashion house in Bond Street,the models find themselves unable to move on to bigger,and better things,due to former model Agnes Gregory having owner Frank Beavan wrapped round her finger,in order to make sure that none of the new models take any power or influence from her.
A few days later:
Returning home after eating at a restaurant,Agnes becomes very ill,and soon dies from a deadly intake of poison.Investigating the fashion house for any clues to who might have murdered Gregory,Detective Charlesworth soon finds out,that in life Agnes had stepped on everyone with deadly force.
View on the film:
Whilst the dialogue in Christianna Brand's adaptation of her own novel for Hammer (then known as Marylebone-Hammer) studios is a bit on the blunt side,Brand uses the edgy,backstabbing attitudes of the fashion models to make the movie's 45 minute running time fly by,with Diana Wong and Patricia Laffan, (who would reunite with the director for 1948's Who Killed Van Loon) giving sly,wicked performances as two (possibly) deadly models.
Making his directing debut, (after having been a producer for over a decade) Lionel Tomlinson kicks things off in a stylish fashion,by using a newspaper in the opening to show the less then cheerful relationship that the models have with the hard nosed Gregory.Whilst Tomlinson does sadly leave his eye for style behind as the movie enters the fashion house,Tomlinson creates a delightful back stabbing atmosphere,by shooting the scenes of the killer preparing their deadly weapon in a harsh Film Noir light,as a pair of deadly heels get ready to strike.