This is another 50's low budget film that parachutes an ageing American actor, Pat O'Brien into a limp drama, hoping to inject interest and a wider audience. The problem here is with the casting of slow moving O'Brien, who looks overweight and seems frankly bored with the storyline. Credibility is further strained when you see the age of O'Brien's young son in a hospital bed, fighting for his life. The lack of reality is further ratcheted up when elderly and paunchy O'Brien defeats the lantern jawed, Freddie Mills, ex world light heavyweight in a fist fight! Richard Pascoe, plays a doctor but his lifeless performance seems to sum up the film. Also, Ronald Adam, a stalwart of countless British films, is wasted by being miscast as the newspaper editor. The tedious storyline wasn't exactly livened up by the then British rock 'n' roll, toothy, blond Tommy Steele, who appears in a cameo part. His two songs are totally forgettable. Overall, a very dull and ploddy film.
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