I diagnose this low-budget British crime drama as film noir. Symptoms: A social climbing gangster; Rackateers determined to muck their way into a share of his profits; a vindictive ex-lover out for blood; An ingénue from snobbish high society with a few hidden cards up her own sleeve. Prognosis: Can't be cured of diagnosis, but can be prolonged by re-discovery of a film noir sleeper.
American diamond in the rough Dane Clark falls under the spell of British high society, dumping his co-dependent lover (Kathleen Byron) for the seemingly gentler Naomi Chance. Her snobby brother gets him involved in a phony stock scheme while a racketeer tries to muscle in. Chance gets an earful from the nasty Byron but turns the tables on her in a wonderfully vicious scene. Exciting from the start, this little known film noir grabs you and does not let go, moving practically at the speed of light.
You think that Lizabeth Scott, Gloria Grahame, Martha Vickers and Jan Sterling had the ball on low society tramps? Wait until you meet Ms. Byron who is not somebody who takes no lightly. And Chance isn't some namby pamby ingénue, either. She can give as good as she gets. Clark is given an extremely well developed character to play, and you find yourself liking him even if you really should avoid him like the plague.
American diamond in the rough Dane Clark falls under the spell of British high society, dumping his co-dependent lover (Kathleen Byron) for the seemingly gentler Naomi Chance. Her snobby brother gets him involved in a phony stock scheme while a racketeer tries to muscle in. Chance gets an earful from the nasty Byron but turns the tables on her in a wonderfully vicious scene. Exciting from the start, this little known film noir grabs you and does not let go, moving practically at the speed of light.
You think that Lizabeth Scott, Gloria Grahame, Martha Vickers and Jan Sterling had the ball on low society tramps? Wait until you meet Ms. Byron who is not somebody who takes no lightly. And Chance isn't some namby pamby ingénue, either. She can give as good as she gets. Clark is given an extremely well developed character to play, and you find yourself liking him even if you really should avoid him like the plague.