Bill Anderson is disillusioned with his job as a travel agent and marriage to a wife who is content with a quiet life. When a customer calls to postpone his flight, Anderson decides to escape it all by using the customer's ticket to Panama as booked and assuming the identity of the man, who left his passport because it required renewing. This has conveniently coincided with him having access to his employer's safe which is storage for all the foreign currency used to supply customers leaving the country. He stays late on a Friday night after everybody else has left and, after emptying the safe of the currency, he heads to the airport for his flight to Panama. However, the airport is closed down because of fog, and he meets a woman, Diana, who is also planning to escape from a marriage to a new life.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Unpretentious and well-played, this slight crime-adventure has one or two effective scenes – notably the one at the airport – but fails to maintain any consistent pitch of excitement."[6]
Picturegoer called the film a "bright little suspense drama", adding: "The Corri part is just a cliché, but, incredibly, she makes the character grow: with complete conviction, the melting romantic is revealed as a hard-faced schemer. Her intelligent performance is matched by a well-judged portrayal from William Russell. And Penelope Bartley has a few poignant moments as the sad little wife."[7]
Picture Show wrote: "Well acted pocket melodrama... It is a holding film, ably directed."[8]
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