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A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.
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Directed by Terence Fisher
George BrentJohn Harman
Diana DorsRuby Bruce
Marguerite ChapmanStella Tracy
Raymond HuntleyClive Oliver
Peter ReynoldsJeffrey Hart
Eleanor SummerfieldVi
Meredith EdwardsInspector Dale
Harry FowlerJoe
Isabel DeanMay Harman
Archie DuncanPolice Constable
Conrad PhillipsInspector Todd
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CinemaSerfSep 9, 2022
The next time you are comfortably seated in a Barnes & Noble, or a Waterstone's - just (casually) glance about you for signs of criminal activity. Any dark stains on the carpet or on the upholstery...? It would appear, from this standard little blackmail thriller, that bookshops are not the sanctuary we might expect! Diana Dors is "Ruby", the pretty young thing employed by manager George Brent ("Harman") but she is always late. When, one evening, she accidentally catches her… Read more
blouse on a drawer doing a bit of overtime (honest!), her rather devious boyfriend "Jeff" (a really un-menacing Peter Reynolds) suggests she pretend that it was much more than that and that this married man - about to cash in a £300-odd insurance policy to help his stricken wife - might be an easy mark for a couple of hundred quid. Next thing we know, she's gone missing and a box of books about to be moved from the shop has become considerably heavier! Whodunit, guv? We, the audience, actually know by now, but it's whether the police can find out before "Harman" is toast - that's the question... It's quite a fun little throwaway thriller, this. Raymond Huntley adds a little gravitas to the thing and the remainder of the cast keep the production tight and efficient. Not a great film, it's told in a slightly self-defeating fashion and is probably just fifteen minutes too long, but it is still worth a watch just about.