Although a bit plodding at times, this is a very interesting and engaging film. A young girl is dying in hospital, her only chance is a complete blood transfusion but she has the rarest blood group of all only shared by a handful of people in the country. Scotland Yard in the shape of Inspector Lane (Jack Warner) helps Doctor Carter (Anthony Steel) track down the blood donors required...
And they are a varied lot with a number of stories to tell, including the boxer Mahoney (real boxer Freddie Mills) who is having to take a dive on the advice of his spiv manager (Sid James). They also include the sailor (Earl Cameron) who refuses to help but won't give his reason. Then there is Jackson (Geoffrey Hibbert) who is wanted for murder. Lane tracks him down in a dramatic showdown in a dark warehouse...
A medical and crime drama with a difference. A very realistic film with good and natural acting. Maybe not the most thrilling of films but certainly compelling enough with emotion and tension aplenty especially from the child's mother (Joy Shelton).
