A cultural time capsule in its way - an adaptation of a play that was quite popular in the mid 50s with Gordon Harker an old character actor. I guess he's fine but someone more lively and scurrilous like Sid James would've been more fun as the film's about an experienced waiter who knows how to grift and survive. The plot has him about to be fired, which is a universal fear, and give stakes.
Harker has a nice relationship with Janet Munro as a waitress who he tells how to chisel and gets in trouble. There are entrances and exits and characters come on to do "bits". It feels as though it lacks extras (as in, people) - it wouldn't matter on stage but does on screen.
Wet Hollywood leading man John Loder is the efficient expert. Amiable enough.
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