A most deftly dingy and stupendously noirish account of crooked road hauling with dreamboat Diana Dors getting her dress ripped off and horrifyingly pugnacious Patrick Allen having his competitors bashed up at the drop of a hijacked hat. Good old Victor Mature turns in a riotously hammy account of the harassed hero, but the acting honors are stolen by Liam Redmond as a jaunty rogue. Directed with style, pace and stacks of noir atmosphere by Ken Hughes from his own screenplay based on the novel by Mervyn Mills, plus superbly stylish photography by Basil Emmot for the main unit. Tom Morahan (director) and Hyton Craig (photographer) contribute some marvelous 2nd unit work, and best of all, film editor Raymound Poulton has seen to it that the film moves like the proverbial boomerang from Bonnyrigg for its entire 100 minutes.
Review of The Long Haul
