I first saw this film at the NFT some years ago and have remembered it ever since.I watched it again last night and enjoyed it a second time around.I will recapitulate some of the plot as it has not been accurately recorded in other reviews.Keen is unable to get the council pest controllers as they are on honeymoon.He is given the number of a part time pest exterminator.He is played by Dermot Kelly who was a stooge to Arthur Haynes.Kelly turns up with a bottle of cyanide and uses a baking tin to mix it with dough.He doesn't clean the baking tin and goes off to have a few drinks.However on his way out of the pub he is so drunk he falls down an embankment and dies from his injuries without regaining consciousness.Keen realises what has happened when he finds the label to the cyanide bottle.He does not tell the police.Instead he and his wife,go after the loaf of bread which can be recognised by its dog ear shape.They do a bit of breaking and entering to recover half a loaf and are caught by the police.They tell all and the hunt is on to find the 2 women who have the rest of the loaf before they eat it.A taut and entertaining little film which packs drama into every one of its 55 minutes.
Review of Devil's Bait
