Atmospheric little B feature from Bryanston studios featuring John Crawford as a US sergeant playing the clean cut good guy with eyes for Jane Griffith's prim schoolteacher. Events take an unexpected course and tensions build, with nasty and violent consequences (although the true emotional impact of this is not dwelled upon).
Undoubtedly enjoyable, especially in the recreation of a provincial English town leading up to Christmas 1960/61, the film however misses the opportunity - probably due to budget restrictions - to take the audience down a more uncertain path (what about those face scratches....?). The panto scenes are fun, if a little overlong; John Salew excels as a thoroughly creepy almost Dickensian character guaranteed to make the flesh crawl...
Undoubtedly enjoyable, especially in the recreation of a provincial English town leading up to Christmas 1960/61, the film however misses the opportunity - probably due to budget restrictions - to take the audience down a more uncertain path (what about those face scratches....?). The panto scenes are fun, if a little overlong; John Salew excels as a thoroughly creepy almost Dickensian character guaranteed to make the flesh crawl...