A man called Richard Logan wakes up in Wapping with a whopping headache and when he returns home to his wife Julie finds out he has been missing for three weeks. Although suffering from memory loss he tries to discover what happened and whether he is a thief or, even worse, a murderer. It's a good mystery with pleasant location shooting and directed efficiently on a low budget by the under rated Lance Comfort. William Franklyn is suitably distressed as the amnesic Richard and is given good support by welcome character actors like Leonard Sachs, Nigel Green, Jacqueline Jones and Michael Balfour. The plot doesn't quite hold together but it isn't dull. The Ronnie Hall song 'My Heart is the Lover' however does become grating after a short while.
Review of Pit of Darkness
Pit of Darkness
(1961)
"It seems strange running around with a gun in your pocket"
13 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers