I was pleasantly surprised to find how much I enjoyed this black and white low budget film. Although it was about the British army in East Africa during a coup, it was not an action film in the Rambo or Jean Claude Van Damm vein, instead it was an intelligent portrayal of a career RSM faced with a crisis on his hands, and having to take the appropriate action to save the people for whom he was responsible. In many ways the film reminded me of Tunes of Glory, where Alec Guiness played a similar career NCO.
The film is proof that a low budget B&W production filmed in a studio need not be an inferior product. Tens of millions of dollars do not need to be squandered on action scenes, all you need is a darned good script, good actors and imagination.
The film is proof that a low budget B&W production filmed in a studio need not be an inferior product. Tens of millions of dollars do not need to be squandered on action scenes, all you need is a darned good script, good actors and imagination.