Wednesday, November 27, 2019

The Frightened City (1961)

A tough British gangster film with Noir-ish touches. Waldo (Herbert Lom) is a crooked accountant who has a masterplan to form a huge crime syndicate by merging smaller firms in London with the help of Harry (Alfred Marks).

Paddy (Sean Connery) is hired as the main muscle (though in a refined menace rather than ultra violent sense) but soon he finds himself drawn into something more than he bargained for when they take advantage of him to get rid of a friend (David Davies) who has fallen out with the syndicate...

The story is a little predictable but is nicely done with a bit of early 60s London style and sleaze.

Sean Connery is great in this film, it has been said (who knows it may be true) this role helped to get him the James Bond gig the following year.