Murderous international master criminal Dumetrius specialises in providing false travel documents. He flies to London from post-war Berlin to retrieve twelve million dollars in counterfeit cash. With the aide of his confederate Hedy, a redheaded cabaret singer, he covers his tracks and kills one passenger retrieving an identifying photograph and frames another man for the murder. American Major Keen is working attached to British intelligence and pursues him. Keen falls for Hedy, who is under Dumetrius's control, compromising the investigation.
The film was the first of seven made by Richard Gordon's Amalgamated Productions. It was a co-production with Butcher's Film Distributors.[1]
The film was made for under £15,000 plus the salaries and expenses of the American participants.[1]
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Confused and improbable, the film's central situation is developed with little imagination or tension. Script and direction also follow a firmly predictable pattern."[5]
Kine Weekly wrote: "A strong Anglo-American cast puts a kick into its hearty highlights and the backgrounds are widely varied. It'll keep the ninepennies on the qui vive. Very good British programmer."[6]
InThe Radio Times Guide to Films David Parkinson gave the film 1/5 stars, writing: "This dismal thriller has all the hallmarks of a Butcher's production: shoddy script, cheap settings and a cast of has-beens and no-hopers. Ronald Adam can just about hold his head up as the crook intent on blagging counterfeit Nazi cash, but the rest of the cast is just inept.[7]
References
1 2 3 Tom Weaver, The Horror Hits of Richard Gordon, Bear Manor Media 2011 p 17
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