I remember that world!
Derek Farr is always watchable, and the underrated actor gives a good portrayal of the deserter who gets mixed up in a fatal shooting. Rather fortuitously, he is taken in by a well-spoken widow.
Jean Adams sells hats in a department store (which sadly we never see inside), and has a flat in Soho, just the location for a naice young girl like her. Her flat seems rather large and palatial for a shop assistant - she could probably afford half a room. Oh, but perhaps she has her husband's pension - fortunate that they never got divorced after all before he died. She conveys her moral rectitude with a literally stiff neck - she appears unable to look over her shoulder. The spot light that gives her a spiritual look and a semi-halo helps too.
Jean wears "New Look" fashions throughout. They are rather frumpy, and not nearly as attractive as the more dated dresses worn by the rest of the female cast. Apart from Eleanor Summerfield, they are waitresses or ladies of the night. Unlike Jean's Tardis-like apartment, the rest of the interiors we see haven't been revamped for about 50 years. Their entire contents were about to be thrown in the skip as "Victorian monstrosities". Oh, if I'd been around then with a large van!
Yes, you can poke fun at this film - but I really enjoyed it. I wonder if Eleanor's hotel in Selsey is still open for visitors.
Derek Farr is always watchable, and the underrated actor gives a good portrayal of the deserter who gets mixed up in a fatal shooting. Rather fortuitously, he is taken in by a well-spoken widow.
Jean Adams sells hats in a department store (which sadly we never see inside), and has a flat in Soho, just the location for a naice young girl like her. Her flat seems rather large and palatial for a shop assistant - she could probably afford half a room. Oh, but perhaps she has her husband's pension - fortunate that they never got divorced after all before he died. She conveys her moral rectitude with a literally stiff neck - she appears unable to look over her shoulder. The spot light that gives her a spiritual look and a semi-halo helps too.
Jean wears "New Look" fashions throughout. They are rather frumpy, and not nearly as attractive as the more dated dresses worn by the rest of the female cast. Apart from Eleanor Summerfield, they are waitresses or ladies of the night. Unlike Jean's Tardis-like apartment, the rest of the interiors we see haven't been revamped for about 50 years. Their entire contents were about to be thrown in the skip as "Victorian monstrosities". Oh, if I'd been around then with a large van!
Yes, you can poke fun at this film - but I really enjoyed it. I wonder if Eleanor's hotel in Selsey is still open for visitors.