A pleasant film with lots of good actors, all being very polite and well mannered! Mills plays the role of the urbane, middle class doctor, while famous character actor, Roland Culver plays the impeccably laid back and well spoken police inspector. Plenty of twists and turns in the story line, but not too much grime and grit. In fact, the film lacks menace and sheer nastiness. Hitchcock could have made this a much more exciting and dramatic film, which is too light heated at times. Indeed, much of the film showcases middle class society where people are awfully nice and very well spoken - even the villains! I found this film to be a charming insight into the 50's, where people like Doctor Latimer could dress impeccably well and have a standard of living which were denied to most folk watching this film. Having said all that, the film is a masterpiece of good British acting.
Review of The Circle
