THE HANGMAN WAITS is a very odd and obscure little British crime film that feels pretty rough around the edges. It's an occasional patience-tester despite the short running time, beginning with an arresting murder scene that smacks of sensationalism, but it soon descends into tedium and occasional farce in the tale of inept detectives attempting to get to grips with the murderer. The film does have some artistic pretensions but the acting is quite wooden and the atmosphere is all over the place, shocking at times and comedic at others. None of it really gels all that well.
Review of The Hangman Waits
