While this has some great location footage and above average photography (impressive for a low budget Edgar Wallace B feature), it's also a film that drags, has far too much talk where little is revealed, and outside of the premise about how the victim of murder found in the Thakes was killed, not really all intriguing. John Bentley is merely serviceable as the detective on the case, puzzled by the lack of clues, and unrealistically thrilled when he gets his one big clue.
Interviewing the main suspect (from a fictional Asian country so the script writers can avoid offense), Bentley shows a bit of xenophobia, presuming things about various Asian cultures, and ultimately involving that counties embassy. One funny scene has Bentley in a shop trying to get information from a clerk, and just walking out while she continues to ramble on about nothing he needs to hear as if she had memorized an instruction book. But overall pretty tiresome and dull, just like the clerk.
Interviewing the main suspect (from a fictional Asian country so the script writers can avoid offense), Bentley shows a bit of xenophobia, presuming things about various Asian cultures, and ultimately involving that counties embassy. One funny scene has Bentley in a shop trying to get information from a clerk, and just walking out while she continues to ramble on about nothing he needs to hear as if she had memorized an instruction book. But overall pretty tiresome and dull, just like the clerk.