Richard Attenborough is just out of the army and struggling to make a go of it as a cab driver. His old army pal has gone into crime - which is a great set up for a thriller,Atteborough being tempted so he can provide for Sheila Sims, dealing with post war adjustment problems for veterans. But this promising situation is dealt with perfunctorily - Attenborough is never tempted, his mate is killed, Attenborough goes investigating.
They should've kept the mate alive and killed a third mate or something. Had both men in love with Sims.
Too much time is given to boring cops and moralising, not enough to gangsters. I did like how Sims got involved and went undercover - I wish they'd done more wiht it. Diana Dors is a dancer at a club - she was just a few years too young for this sort of role for which she'd otherwise be perfect.
Barry Barnes is the villain - he's better than as leading man.Judy Kelly has a big part as a gangsters moll - a part Dors would've been good at later. Aussie John Warwick is a cop.
The last act is quite exciting. Apparently Dirk Bogarde has a small bit.
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