Enjoyable British B based on a script by Aussie Rex Rienits which was adapted for TV as Bodgie. Sidney Talfer's casting in the lead gives the piece integrity - not a pretty boy, he does seem to be a spiv. Susan Shaw is too good looking to be his girlfriend really but she's a good actor, and very easy on the eye.
This is stripped back, quick, atmospheric. It was Ken Hughes' first credit as director and he does well. There's not an ounce of fat on it. It was probably too much of a coincidence that the girl blackmailed went to Shaw's hairdressing salon. It only clocks in at an hour.
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