One of a series of film noirs the British film industry turned out in the late 40s, possibly because they were cheap to make rather than public demand. Eric Portman is excellent if perhaps too old to play a mummy's boy, son of an executioner, serial killer.
He taunts Scotland Yard with his crimes, but is also tormented - easy to read queer subtext into this. Some location filming helps as does a glimpse of rationing London - Derek Farr and Dulcie Gray go to a restaurant and can only order two or three things.
Farr and Gray seem like real people, the mood is down beat and the pace is fast. This isn't a masterpiece but it is enjoyable.
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