Amiable, time-passing B movie of little merit but for some nice location shots in my locality. It features all the usual hallmarks of the cheapo quickie - some clunky dialogue, improbable plot developments, and an uninspiring romance at the centre. Anodyne, new-coming country innkeeper Jane (Jane Hylton) falls for equally anodyne smuggler/artist/ex-naval officer Duncan (Derek Bond). It gets complicated with the arrival of dominatrix Helen (Diane Foster), his former lover, who immediately treats Duncan's sidekick Lefty (Michael Balfour) and barmaid Elsie (Dora Bryan) as her persona slaves, and they seem happy to let her. She sets out to sabotage the budding romance, and is assisted when Jane's escaped convict husband Jim (Harry Towb) turns up, demanding that Jane shelters him, or else he will tell the police that she's been hiding him for days. On the basis of this absurd threat Jane agrees, and hides him in the attic (actually just another room on the same landing as the guests bedrooms). Helen spills the beans, Duncan and Lefty smuggle Jim to the coast, pursued by customs man Bromley (John Horsley) and Jane, who gets there just as quickly on foot as Bromley does in his car with a head start, and then we have a boat chase across the channel, a punch-up, and a frankly ridiculous demise when Jim is hit in the sea by a crew-less boat which he makes no attempt to avoid. It's all good, unlikely fun, the cast spend a lot of their time in the pub, which appears to have virtually no other customers, it all ends well for the loving couple, and you can enjoy the scenery.
Review of The Quiet Woman
