When a diamond robbery goes wrong, young locksmith turned first-time thief Johnny Ryan is on the run from the police and from crooked club owner Ricky Barnes. Ryan seeks refuge in a seedy nightclub and meets Mary, a tough blonde who lets him hide in her flat, which she shares with her sister Jean. When Mary betrays Ryan to Barnes, Jean helps Ryan escape to her uncle's farm. The police arrive, and Jean and Ryan realise that they have fallen in love.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A cut to pattern, rough-and-ready crime thriller, energetically performed but too transparent to maintain the necessary tension."[4]
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 1/5 stars, writing: "This utterly threadbare British B-movie is about an apprentice locksmith who goes on the run from the police and local gangsters. It was made by the low-budget production company Butcher's, and everyone involved made a hash of it. Only devoted fans of its leading actor Spencer Teakle and actress Felicity Young, who plays a rather feeble femme fatale, will bother to watch."[5]
In The British 'B' Film, Chibnall and McFarlane call the film "shoddy".[1]
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