AKA..."Woman in Hiding"
A Few Years Before Hammer Studios Changed the Face and Tone of Horror Movies,
the Famous British Studio Dabbled in Film-Noir and Police Procedurals.
Notice the Odd Board Game that the Police Use to Move Squad Cars Around.
A Forced, Borderline Ridiculous Attempt to Elevate Law Enforcement to Omnipresence.
This Type of Over-Kill Attempt to Worship Post-War Law Enforcement Diluted Many a Film-Noir in the 1950's.
Paul Henreid's Over-the-Top Strange, Giddy Performance as a Lawyer Interested in Human Behavior, Almost Sinks this Average Who-Done-It.
Lois Maxwell (James Bond's Miss Moneypenny) is Fantastic to Look-At and Gives a Good Performance as a Worried, Nervous Wife of an Escaped Murderer.
The Other Females Mary Laura Wood and Kay Kendall also Add Some Eye-Candy to the Pedestrian Movie.
Plenty of On-Location Footage Around London Add Gravitas.
But the Male Performers are All Stiff and Uninteresting, and Along with Henreid's Breezy Antics do Nothing to Enhance the Intrigue.
Directed by Legendary Horror Director Terence Fisher.
A Good Effort by the Studio with a Decent Budget with an Outdoor Gritty Look.
But an Average Film Overall.
If it's a Hammer Movie, it's Worth a Watch.
