Commentaire par howardmorley

In Britain in the 1950s when going to the cinema one could expect a cartoon, Pathe News, Trailers, a "B" picture usually an hour or thereabouts, and finally "The Big Film".This was a classic "B" picture cheaply produced in terms of cast, crew and special effects.I saw it today courtesy of YouTube and it amused me for that hour or so and I awarded it 6/10.The plot concerns illegal peddling of furs which have been infected with deadly anthrax, the usual gangsters and romance this time of the sister of the bent fur dealer with an insurance investigator (Dermot Walsh).The "special effects" look unconvincing as evidenced by the primitive editing and as the other reviewer states there was a trend to "ape" American movies when it came to filming gangster films at that time.