The Crooked Sky

This modest B pic centred around a counterfeit currency smuggling ring never really ignites into life. Most of the characters are uninteresting and underdeveloped; although the latter cannot be said for the leading man, Wayne Morris, who appears so physically massive that he should be accompanied by a 'Caution- Wide Load' sign.

Bruce Seton is a steadying and reassuring presence as Inspector Mac, and Richard Shaw again shows a menacing screen presence which would later be the trademark of his much better-known namesake, Robert. An entirely quirky twist having one half of the film's double act heavies (Shaw and Bill Brandon, both good) suddenly revealed as a concert-grade Cellist giving a rather splendid and sadly interrupted recital.

Anton Diffring as the chief wrong-un (rather improbably named Fraser), steals the show with another masterclass in smooth urbane Germanic villainy. Shame he keeps calling his girlfriend Colette (the actress's real name) instead of Penny as listed in the cast. No wonder she swiped the dough for those gems in the end.