A rather good mystery story which comes to an unexpected but satisfying conclusion. It is filmed very well with excellent location shooting, particularly the last scene on the moor with the bleak landscape mirroring the downbeat solution to the mystery. Some reviewers have called it slow but I was gripped all the way through. Ray Milland is adequate as the lead Clay Douglas, searching for information about his brother's death in wartime. More interesting are Marius Goring as the very theatrical Sholto Lewis, Naunton Wayne as the ex-intelligence office and current dodgy car salesman Reggie Sinclair and Patricia Roc as the vivacious Elspeth Graham. Dora Bryan gives another short and priceless appearance as she often did in British films. Based on his own novel Philip MacDonald provides a screenplay that has surprising depth. A good watch.
Review of Circle of Danger
