A truly excellent B feature that manages to combine tension, greed, conscience and human frailty into what would otherwise be a routine caper pic.
The plot is not new and the idea of a steadily depleting oxygen supply in a bank vault was also seen in "Time Lock" (1957); here, however, it is used much more effectively, particularly in the well played and touching scenes with Colin Gordon's stuffy bank manager and Ann Lynn as his secretary as they struggle with the increasingly desperate situation. Darren Nesbitt and Keith Faulkner are both superb as (not so) bad guys with a conscience. In case you happen to be sitting comfortably, the final frame delivers a well-aimed punch to the emotional solar plexus.
The plot is not new and the idea of a steadily depleting oxygen supply in a bank vault was also seen in "Time Lock" (1957); here, however, it is used much more effectively, particularly in the well played and touching scenes with Colin Gordon's stuffy bank manager and Ann Lynn as his secretary as they struggle with the increasingly desperate situation. Darren Nesbitt and Keith Faulkner are both superb as (not so) bad guys with a conscience. In case you happen to be sitting comfortably, the final frame delivers a well-aimed punch to the emotional solar plexus.