S2.E6

Never Back Losers

Episode aired Dec 1961
1h 1m

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The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959)

Wally Sanders, a horseracing jockey, loses a race and crashes his car to claim an insurance. Jim Matthews, a shrewd and energetic insurance investgator, follows up the company's suspicion of... Read allWally Sanders, a horseracing jockey, loses a race and crashes his car to claim an insurance. Jim Matthews, a shrewd and energetic insurance investgator, follows up the company's suspicion of foul play and stumbles deep into a web of corruption concering fixed horse races.Wally Sanders, a horseracing jockey, loses a race and crashes his car to claim an insurance. Jim Matthews, a shrewd and energetic insurance investgator, follows up the company's suspicion of foul play and stumbles deep into a web of corruption concering fixed horse races.

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5/10

A poor episode.

Insurance Investigator Jim Matthews is assigned to investigate the case of Wally Sanders, a jockey, who was suspected of throwing a race. Soon after Sanders crashes his car. Matthews suspects a jockey named Clive Parker is the next target.

I hate to say it, but I didn't really care for this episode, not a favourite, too slow, too plodding, just not a particularly exciting storyline.

The music totally overtakes on a few occasions, it's just too heavy and intrusive, it's horrible.

The best element, Patrick Magee, he knew how to play a villain, it was a fantastic performance from him, he was somehow wasted here though.

One of the biggest surprises here, was seeing just how striking Larry Martyn was in his youth, I always think of him in his AYBS overalls, the voice d of course is unmistakable.

Overall, a disappointment.

5/10.