The Main Chance (1964) User Reviews

This one's a big "Gotcha!"

[mark.waltz · 6/10 · 25 January 2024]

A rather mediocre series that had a few surprises, and this is one where I would have liked another ten minute or so to flesh things out a bit. Grégoire Aslan is an eccentric sunglass wearing millionaire, wanting Edward de Souza to smuggle diamonds to America, but not suspecting that he's going to be getting a Pink Panther type twist at the end.

I liked the effect of a rear view mirror and contact mirror introducing the main characters (in the second case, De Souza's girlfriend Tracy Reed. Aslan has a room filled with all sorts of weird spy equipment. 75% of the films of this series come off as tedious even though they're really short, so this one surprised me.

Routine

[gnok2002 · 4/10 · 23 May 2017]

i'm inserting reviews of those films I've seen that lack one, i have a fondness for old b&w British films, so am always on the look out for obscure examples such as this, I watched this in 2009, but can't recall it, here is the note I made at the time....''Routine little Merton Park thriller involving a Mr big of the criminal underworld hiring an ex RAF conman to fly some diamonds across the channel, OK.''

One of the poorest of the series

[malcolmgsw · 4/10 · 15 August 2018]

This film does not use the iconic music,instead it utilises a truly cacophonistic score.The story is very indifferent.Edward da Souza plays a cashiered RAF pilot who is now a gambler.He is coerced by Aslan into collecting diamonds from France and bringing them back to England.There are a number of twists,with each one being trumped.One of the big problems is Aslan who seems very hesitant with his lines and therefore exudes no menace.They really needed Herbert Lom or Allen Wheatley