Compelled (1960)
5/10
"After all a quarter of a million is worth some outlay"
11 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
An ex-convict and now engineer is compelled to help two criminals excavate a tunnel from a book shop into a jewellery vault. There are a few complications on the way including the engineer's wife and a Mr. Grimes who muscles in on the thievery. Produced by Edward and Harry Danziger and directed by Ramsey Herrington (who only directed one other film about a nudist camp!) this is a bit dull. A lot of scenes take place in the tunnel and it's hard to make that exciting.

The cast do their best with the dull dialogue. John Gabriel as Fenton, one of the villains, comes off best. Seemingly pleasant but with an avaricious mind and a cold heart. His henchman is called Jug, which for some reason I found amusing.

The Danziger's output was very variable in quality. This was not a good one.
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