Rejected by the British Board of Film Censors on 11 November 1953, the film waited some 18 months for a London press showing. It was finally screened (whilst still uncertified) at United Artists' Own Theatre in Wardour Street on 13 May 1955. Press reaction was unusually hostile, with Kinematograph Weekly commenting: "Having turned it down, the censor should have sent it to a desert island." And the Monthly Film Bulletin reviewed it in July 1955 only because "it has been shown in some districts by permission of the local authorities." After five years, the distribution passed to New Realm Entertainments who resubmitted it to the BBFC on 30 May 1960 where it passed with an "X" certificate after cuts. Unfortunately, it tended to be shown at struggling independents such as Derby's soon-to-be-demolished Coliseum in January 1961.
Character actor Percy Helton's favorite of all the films he made. He even hung a three-sheet poster of the film in his home.
The arcade machine in the bar is an "Ace Bowler", made by Chicago Coin in 1950. It is a shuffle-type bowling game.
Final film of actress Bernadene Hayes .
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