An omnibus film of three episodes of the 'Inspector Morley, late of Scotland Yard, Investigates' series that never really saw the light of day. It covers blackmail, kidnapping, murder and espionage in the continuing conflict between ex-inspector Morley and the villainous Terence Reilly. Morley is helped by his able assistant Eileen Trotter. The editing is choppy and there are voice overs to link the narrative which makes it episodic and even with three stories to pack in to the 1 hour 22 minute running time it still is rather pedestrian.
It does however have the compensation of the unique Tod Slaughter as the sneering Terence Reilly but even then one feels he is better suited to a melodramatic Victorian setting rather than in a 1950's story. Still he is watchable as ever. I also enjoyed the performance of Tucker McGuire as Eileen. Patrick Barr as Morley is adequate. Although made on a low budget there are some good location shots of London.streets including relics of wartime bombing.
Director Victor M. Gover made two more films in the series which would be interesting to see, if only for Tod and Tucker.
It does however have the compensation of the unique Tod Slaughter as the sneering Terence Reilly but even then one feels he is better suited to a melodramatic Victorian setting rather than in a 1950's story. Still he is watchable as ever. I also enjoyed the performance of Tucker McGuire as Eileen. Patrick Barr as Morley is adequate. Although made on a low budget there are some good location shots of London.streets including relics of wartime bombing.
Director Victor M. Gover made two more films in the series which would be interesting to see, if only for Tod and Tucker.