6/10
A fantastic cast and script overpower a weak story.
15 January 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Sometimes a movie can have great characterizations and dialog and be short on plot or reality. That is the case in this fast talking British comedy caper film that is as entertaining as it is frustrating. Because of the lightning speed, some of the British dialects are often difficult to understand, but once you get into the film, it seems to settle down a bit. It involves the chase of bank robbers from America who are after the person who ended up with the stolen loot and how eventually the law gets involved. Clifford Evans and Patricia Roc star, along with David Farrar, as the "good guys" (although Evans is somewhat amoral), with Robert Beatty and Eric Claverling as the robbers on the chase and on the run. It's a bit of a cat and mouse where often they switch who is the hunted. Ann Firth provides some sex appeal as Evan's entertainer girlfriend who gets to bare much in the sensual nightclub sequences. As much as I enjoyed the film, it is the type of movie that would take several viewings to really capture the essence of everything going on, but with such great dialog and performances, that really doesn't sound like an issue to me.
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