A teacher comes home on the last day of term and finds his wife away and a dying man in the bathroom. He decides not to call the police but to protect his wife who he suspects of the killing buries the body under the lounge floor. As you do. It doesn't really make sense. Am not sure why the man was killed and what was his connection with the wife. There is a mention of drugs but it was unclear what that was about. And would they have the piano tuner come in the day before their going on holiday not to mention the boy coming for the piano lesson on the same day? Add also a nosey neighbour and nuns collecting donations and it all seems too contrived just to ramp up the tension but it doesn't really. Peter Halliday plays the teacher Harry Barnes quite well, his mounting despair and panic are deftly portrayed which is a plus as he is onscreen most of the time. Not a bad film but could have been more gripping.
Review of Dilemma
