Paul Carpenter, once described by Sean Connery as the funniest person he'd ever worked with, gets a rare opportunity to play comedy onscreen in this long-forgotten potboiler. Summarily dismissed by Chibnall & McFarlane as "a comedy-thriller bereft of laughs or excitement", it's actually quite likeable (despite Wilfred Burns's gallumphing score), and anticipates Ealing's classic of the same year 'The Ladykillers'.
In 'The Ladykillers', however, Mrs Lopsided remains sublimely obvious to the activities of those about her while old biddies Nora Nicholson & Christine Silver miss nothing.
Worth mentioning is a young Jan Holden as the cynical-looking secretary for the Society for the Reformation of Unfortunates; working under a sign reading 'Honesty is the Best Policy'.
In 'The Ladykillers', however, Mrs Lopsided remains sublimely obvious to the activities of those about her while old biddies Nora Nicholson & Christine Silver miss nothing.
Worth mentioning is a young Jan Holden as the cynical-looking secretary for the Society for the Reformation of Unfortunates; working under a sign reading 'Honesty is the Best Policy'.