Enjoyable British B movie based on a script by Aussie Rex Rienits which was adapted for Australian TV in 1959 as Bodgie, which is why I'm including it here.
Sidney Talfer's casting in the lead gives the piece integrity - not a
pretty boy, he does seem to be a spiv. Susan Shaw is too good looking to
be his girlfriend really but she's a good actor, and very easy on the
eye.This is stripped back, quick, atmospheric. It was Ken Hughes' first
credit as director and he does well. There's not an ounce of fat on it.
It was probably too much of a coincidence that the girl blackmailed went
to Shaw's hairdressing salon. It only clocks in at an hour - and thus ideal for TV adaptation.
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