Caught this British Kitchen Noir on the excellent UK film channel Talking Pictures recently - A visual time capsule of young hedonistic London life in the early 60s, Party for tonight and to hell with the hangover and consequences in the morning. Glossy on the outside grim and desperate on the inside in this story.
The talent behind the production certainly capture the 1960s grotty bedsit dwellers existence perfectly with excellent cinematography, a sultry jazzy score courtesy of Stanley Black and efficient direction from the soon to be admired/despised directed Michael Winner.
Alfred Lynch puts in a good performance as the protagonist in this tale of a man trying to live up to the expectations of the women in his life, walking out of his job, hoping something more exciting will fall his way, unfortunately all that is waiting for him are a shady character with promises of easy money with just one catch - Murder !
Not top drawer Brit Grit, but involving storytelling evoking an era of London Life that was reality for many people.
