All kinds of British films are erroneously designated as 'quota quickies' on IMDb and elsewhere but this is an example of the real thing. About the only inspired piece is the opening, where a risibly acted raid on a nightclub by American gangsters turns out to be just a scene in a bad film whose director, a nasty piece of work, just happens to have a double whom is wanted for murder in the US. Henry Kendall is not very convincing in either role and the plot strains credibility throughout. Almost ten minutes of footage were missing in the American release version under review, and though can't believe they would have made much difference, it would be interesting to see what was cut and why. Cast also includes Eve Gray, once dubbed 'the most beautiful girl in British films' as the director's lover who falls foul of his double and American actor Ben Welden who spent several years in the UK in the early Thirties.
Review of Murder on the Set
