Soho gang members Eddie, Sinclair and Bill rob a jeweller's shop, and on leaving the premises shoot a passer-by who gets in their way. They flee to the countryside and find temporary work from Cranston, a farmer. Bill falls for Cranston's daughter Jane. When he hears on the radio that their shooting victim has died, Eddie panics and kills Jane, then turns his gun on himself.
Kine Weekly wrote: "John Hervey has no difficulty in suggesting the cowardly gunman as Eddie and John Fitzgerald and Robert Cartland are effective in contrast as Sinclair and Bill. The film is modestly staged and none of its players is well known, but it nevertheless clearly illustrates the psychology of the killer and puts a real kick into its salient situations and salutory climax."[3]
The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Killer melodrama follows desperate exploits of Soho gangsters on run after jewel hold-up. Straightforward story particularly well acted. English farm sequences have unusual interest. Excitement sometimes weakened by wordy dialogue, but tough shooting situations compensate. Useful popular support."[4]
Picture Show wrote: "Convincing crime melodrama showing how mutual distrust brings about the undoing of three men concerned in theft and murder, There are some somewhat brutal sequences but it is lightened by sardonic humour."[5]
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