Butcher's Film releases tend to be denigrated but for the budgets and time the producers had, their films had a interesting style. I especially like them and the Edgar Wallace Mysteries for the attractive and capable actresses that populated the casts, more enjoyable to watch than any number of contemporary actresses working today. The writer does blow it with a poor climax about a bungling safecracker sidetracked with sexy girl problems, notably three of them (tart Dorinda Stevens, nice girl Felicity Young, cheater Dawn Brooks). Martin Benson is the nervous nightclub owner/mobster looking to steal Spencer Teakle's swag. Benson was the friendly alien in Cosmic Monsters and the unfortunate Mr. Solo in Goldfinger. He always brought gravitas to the films he did.
Review of The Gentle Trap
