This low budget 'B' is the third of five films directed by and starring Ray Milland. To say that these five represent a mixed bag would be an understatement but this one is by far the most interesting.
The story itself is involving and the title character provides a perfect vehicle for Mr. Milland's rakish persona.
The pacing and momentum are pretty good compared to this director's other films but that quite frankly would not be difficult. He has the plus factors here of editor Ernest Walter, cinematographer Gerry Gibbs and a first rate score by Richard Rodney Bennett not to mention a supporting cast of familiar and thoroughly dependable British thesps notably Barry Jones and Victor Maddern. Nice performance too from Prague-born Jeanette Sterke who did not alas make as many films as her looks and talent deserved.
Mr. Milland returned to England ten years later to direct and reprise his stage role of Simon Crawford QC in the pedestrian 'Hostile Witness' of which the less said the better.
The story itself is involving and the title character provides a perfect vehicle for Mr. Milland's rakish persona.
The pacing and momentum are pretty good compared to this director's other films but that quite frankly would not be difficult. He has the plus factors here of editor Ernest Walter, cinematographer Gerry Gibbs and a first rate score by Richard Rodney Bennett not to mention a supporting cast of familiar and thoroughly dependable British thesps notably Barry Jones and Victor Maddern. Nice performance too from Prague-born Jeanette Sterke who did not alas make as many films as her looks and talent deserved.
Mr. Milland returned to England ten years later to direct and reprise his stage role of Simon Crawford QC in the pedestrian 'Hostile Witness' of which the less said the better.