Movie review - "Dick Barton Strikes Back" (1949) **

A much more confident and accomplished film than Dick Barton, Special Agent - it feels like a real movie, is fast paced and well done. Dick and Snowey investigate a baddie (Sebastian Cabot) who is developing a destructive ray. There's less jokes and a treacherous femme fetale and plenty of action. My main gripe is the fact that the ray has this annoying "ding" sound which goes on and on and is really irritating - so much so that an otherwise exciting finale is almost ruined. Still, it's an enjoyable piece of kiddie entertainment, very clearly a forerunner for the James Bond films.