Doctor John Mills obliges a friend by picking up a German actress at the airport for him. Later, when he finds her dead in his apartment, he finds himself plunged into a world of murder, blackmail, spies and girlfriend Noelle Middleton annoyed with him.
It's not the sort of movie you'd expect from Gerald Thomas, who would go on to direct hundreds of Carry On films and television shows, but this is an early movie from him, and he had shown a knack for inexpensive, suspenseful dramas. Working with John Mills, even for Romulus Films, was an opportunity for him, and he directs a nice little thriller, using a lot of actors better known for their work in comedy, like Lionel Jeffries as a snide blackmailer, and Wilfred Hyde-White as an ambiguous figure in search of a book of matches.
It's also the last screen appearance of Rene Ray, who had enlivened many a comedy in the 1930s. She had been reducing her film work in favor of the West End and writing. Eventually she would make a second marriage with an earl and live to just shy of 82, dying in 1993.
It's not the sort of movie you'd expect from Gerald Thomas, who would go on to direct hundreds of Carry On films and television shows, but this is an early movie from him, and he had shown a knack for inexpensive, suspenseful dramas. Working with John Mills, even for Romulus Films, was an opportunity for him, and he directs a nice little thriller, using a lot of actors better known for their work in comedy, like Lionel Jeffries as a snide blackmailer, and Wilfred Hyde-White as an ambiguous figure in search of a book of matches.
It's also the last screen appearance of Rene Ray, who had enlivened many a comedy in the 1930s. She had been reducing her film work in favor of the West End and writing. Eventually she would make a second marriage with an earl and live to just shy of 82, dying in 1993.