Plot
Ex-convict Carl Stock went to jail for his part in a robbery, and he now wants his share of the loot. His accomplice Sam Hare, now the owner of the Jackpot Club, won't cooperate. Stock persuades ex-safecracker Lenny Lane to help him steal the money from Hare's office. They do the job, but Stock kills a policemen. Superintendent Frawley of Scotland Yard investigates. When the police trap Stock and Hare at Arsenal Stadium, the two criminals fight each other and fall to their deaths.
Critical reception
Kine Weekly said: "The picture, slick crime fare, brings to fiction the realism and excitement of fact. William Hartnell looks and lives his part as the hawk-eyed Frawley, Betty McDowall wins sympathy as the frightened Kay, Eddie Byrne convinces as the double-crossing Sam, and George Mikell can’t be faulted as the vicious Carl. Its supporting players, too, register. There is no dallying at the start, sentiment neatly punctuates violence, and the Arsenal Stadium climax is both salutary and showmanlike." [3]
Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Though very routine in conception and treatment, this little crime thriller is at any rate slickly done. Taut from the word go, the climax at Arsenal Stadium during a floodlit football match is also more resourceful than the average B-picture finale. William Hartnell is largely wasted in a somewhat inconspicuous part; but most of the supporting players register, particularly Victor Brooks as a Detective Sergeant on the case." [4]
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