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Congotanga, a criminal colony on the western border of the then Belgian Congo, is a magnet for various fugitives from justice the world over. The law is nominally represented by Colonel Arragas (Peter Lorre) but the real power lies in the hands of shady types like Rittner (Tonio Selwart).

David Carr (George Nader), who has been hired to carry out a river survey on behalf of the Belgian mining concerns, sets off down the river accompanied by Louise Whitman (Virginia Mayo), a one time model running from a murder rap in France, and O'Connell (Michael Pate), a hitman - his target is Louise.

Beset by tsetse flies, crocodiles and the murderous attentions of Rittner's henchmen, the party has more than its share of hazards to navigate

Ravishing Virginia Mayo spices up this jungle adventure that passes the time adequately- she plays a woman of mystery, cold and sharp tongued, and of course, her relationship with George Nader's character comes off to a shaky start, then changes and they become lovers. Michael Pate plays the villain. It's adequately acted, there's some slow parts and some lively portion with some decent action.

The courtroom testimony of George Radcliffe (Gary Cooper), a middle-aged businessman, is instrumental in convicting a fellow worker (Ray McAnally) of murder and robbery of 60,000 pounds.

Soon after, Radcliffe invests a large sum of money in an ultimately profitable business venture. In addition to this, after the arrival of a strange note, George's wife, Martha (Deborah Kerr), begins to fear that the wrong man has been jailed ..

The Naked Edge is reminiscent of Hitchcock's work, and it's quite suspenseful, though a little slow moving at times. Guess that adds to the gradual unwinding of plot which sees Deborah Kerr suspecting her husband (Gary Cooper) to be the real killer of his boss and not the clerk sent down due to his witness testimony. A blackmail letter and Cooper's sudden business venture which costs money makes her suspect him. His further behaviour points that way. Is he a killer/robber or not? What perfectly reasonable explanation is there? Only the late boss, Cooper and the accused was present. Cooper claims that the accused ran away but when he was found the money wasn't with him. Did Cooper take it instead and hid it?

Gary Cooper, sadly in his last film, performs really well. That stoic charm is still intact, though he does look ill at ease in some scenes. Kerr is equally good as his wife- she captures her conflicted state really well. The twist is quite good as the setup is strongly done.

When a terrorist smuggles a bomb aboard a night freight carrying naval mines from Birmingham to Portsmouth and hides them under a tarpaulin in one of the wagons, a bomb disposal expert (Glenn Ford), who has marriage problems, is called in to find and dismantle it, but after it has been made safe there is another shock in store.

Train lovers are going to love this one with atmospheric shots of the railway and the locos - it's a fairly tense thriller, and that due to the quiet terror in the air. It's not a noisy film. You get plenty of British atmosphere, fog, efficient bobbys on the beat and a quick evacuation. It's also a nice nostalgic look at 1950's Britain and the railways and its depots.

The casting is great, Victor Maddern as the terrorist is great as usual and Glenn Ford as the bomb disposal expert is assisted by Maurice Denham. Anne Vernon plays Ford's wife.