The Four Just Men (TV Series) Crack-Up (1960) User Reviews

There's gold in them there hills.....

[Sleepin_Dragon · 7/10 · 4 June 2023]

Jeff Ryder receives a visit from Ingrid Brandt, a widow who's husband's plane crashed in Canada some five years ago, a plane that's said to be full of gold, gold that belonged to a series of investors that he conned.

So, it's not one of the more serious introductions, but half way through it takes a rather dramatic turn, very much becoming a whodunnit, it may not be too hard to work out who the culprit is, but it's still an enjoyable mystery.

Delena Kidd is incredibly striking, she's quite good, only that accent does very from Nordic to RP on several occasions.

One thing that really did surprise me, Rustie is played by Paul Eddington, I'd hardly have recognised him, he looks older here than he did in Yes Minister.

Some pretty decent location work, I think it being in black and white helps somewhat, Canada looks a little too much like rural England.

An enjoyable mystery.

7/10.

Crack-Up

[Prismark10 · 6/10 · 4 June 2023]

Ingrid Brandt is the young glamorous widow of a Swedish banker. He was thought to have died five years earlier when his plane crashed in Canada.

He fled with half a million dollars of gold bullion. The bank tried to cover it up but it eventually went bust.

Now the plane has been found by a Canadian hunter called Flynn. Ingrid has come to see Jeff Ryder to find the wreckage. She is convinced that there is no gold in the plane. Her husband was not a thief and she wants to clear his name.

It very much looks like a few people with their own agendas such as a Swedish journalist who also has his eye on the gold. There is an effective twist although you do wonder how well Ingrid new her husband from sight.

Robert Shaw plays a Canadian Mountie, he has a wavering accent like all the other guest stars.