The mystery deepens as Philip meets Martin's wife Ruth (Jane Wenham). The police (Roland Culver) are also very interested in Philip and Techman. Things come to a head when Philip discovers that Martin is alive after all!
A well-layered mystery with a number of surprises and twists. The film is modest but well formed, Philip's character has the light chippy nature of a Golden Age amateur detective. Indeed this often feels like one of those interwar dramas.
Reikle, naturally, is rather taken aback when he reads news that the bank heist was far higher than he actually got. He discovers Miles' address and begins to put pressure on him to hand over the cash. Miles proves to be just a rascal as Reikle though and he fits him up for another crime. That isn't the end of things though as Miles and Reikle begin a game of cat and mouse...
A highly enjoyable crime drama. The coolness of Miles is the highlight of the film as he conceives highly complicated plots to hide the theft of the money, the loss of a safety deposit box and even covering up a murder. His luck in love doesn't go as smoothly especially with Julie (Susanna York) but he gets there in the end.
A neat little crime drama though one which plods along at a leisurely pace. Young blonde girls are being killed on the heath whenever there is a full moon. Detective Superintendent Chadwick (John Arnatt) suspects it could be ex-con George (David Sumner) who has just come out of gaol and is at lodgings nearby, especially as the recent victim was his ex-girlfriend...
WS June Lock (Susan Travers) is sent undercover to befriend George and to eventually act as bait. Will she help prove his innocence or end up the next victim?
A nicely stylish (despite the low budget) early 1960s British film. The film is chiefly about exploring George's dark character, which is just as well because the actual criminal investigation is incredibly pedestrian. George spends most of the film in a bad mood but the more we learn about his life the more we understand just why he has such a poor opinion of his fellow man.
After Bayliss' suspicious death, Mullen begins to follow up on what Bayliss was investigating, a mysterious death of a youth and possible involvement in nuclear weapons at a US air base.
Mullen and the MP's assistant Beckman (Greta Scacchi) get involved in a game of cat and mouse with the dark forces behind the state who want to ensure a cover-up, no matter who gets hurt...
The story is very well constructed with excellent performances from the cast. An intricate story of Cold War politics and intrigue. The period view of the workings of the 1980s news room (all typewriters and dicta-phones) is also fascinating.
An enjoyable children's adventure. When Roger (Tony Wager) discovers that his Dad's Rembrandt has been stolen from the supposedly secure vault at his mansion, he begins to investigate with John (Ivor Bowyer) the butler's son. They find a secret tunnel that leads from the vault and suspicion falls on the cook Mrs Matthews (Thelma Rea) and the antique seller Mr Harvey (Frank Henderson)...
Then a gang is let into the house by Mrs Matthews to empty out the rest of the vault. The two boys are captured but manage to escape and then help the police find the gang's hide out...
A straight forward adventure with plenty for viewers (of all ages) to enjoy. The story is fairly cliched but there is nothing wrong with good old fashioned fun.
Then Annabelle is found hung, but was it suicide or murder? Loren delights in showing his guests a pit of acid which is in the cellar. It isn't much of a party, not really swinging... well apart from Annabelle. Though she later appears outside Nora's window causing some more screams. There is something more going on than bumps in the night...
Once we get the twist then the film transforms from a rather silly though entertaining camp horror to something a bit more clever.
A vampire snooker musical, yes you read that right. A very strange film it is too (as you probably would expect). It is based on the real-life snooker rivalry between the old guard (and Dracula-like) Ray Reardon and young buck Jimmy White.
T.O. (Bruce Payne) is the manager of young snooker player Billy the Kid (Phil Daniels), he has a gambling problem and big debts owed to The Wednesday Man (Don Henderson). The Wednesday Man manipulates T.O. into agreeing to arrange a showdown snooker match between Billy and champion Maxwell Randall (Alun Armstrong) who has something of the night about him...
Unknown to Billy the loser of the match will also have to give up their career. Randall isn't quite the washed up has-been Billy is let to think he is.
The story line contains a number of songs, of various quality. The story is fairly light and frequently bizarre. A surreal film, maybe a little too weird to be "good" but definitely memorable and highly enjoyable.