A cosmetic business is in financial trouble so one of the directors, Mitchell Logan, decides to arrange for the factory to be burned down in order to collect the insurance money. Everything appears to be going well but a cleaning lady anxious not to work on the day of her daughter's wedding and an expensive fur coat lead to the plan backfiring. This is a solid entry in the Merton Park Studios roster of Edgar Wallace movies. It is logical from scene to scene and unhindered by any side plots. Definitely one of the better films in the series.
It has good acting all round. I particularly liked Alfred Burke as the cynical Logan, Madeleine Christie as the garrulous charwoman Mrs Chenko and John Cazabon as the amoral arsonist Willy Kyser who revels in his skills a bit too much. These Edgar Wallace films were all low budget but the best ones like 'Backfire!' make for good entertainment. Perhaps a little slow for modern tastes but I enjoyed the film a good deal.
It has good acting all round. I particularly liked Alfred Burke as the cynical Logan, Madeleine Christie as the garrulous charwoman Mrs Chenko and John Cazabon as the amoral arsonist Willy Kyser who revels in his skills a bit too much. These Edgar Wallace films were all low budget but the best ones like 'Backfire!' make for good entertainment. Perhaps a little slow for modern tastes but I enjoyed the film a good deal.