A respectable schoolmaster returns from work on the eve of a wedding-anniversary holiday to find a strange man dead in their bathroom and his wife missing.A respectable schoolmaster returns from work on the eve of a wedding-anniversary holiday to find a strange man dead in their bathroom and his wife missing.A respectable schoolmaster returns from work on the eve of a wedding-anniversary holiday to find a strange man dead in their bathroom and his wife missing.
George Curtis
- Bank Security Guard
- (uncredited)
Gordon Harris
- Bank Custodian
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAlthough the character of schoolteacher Harry Barnes is portrayed as a dull unambitious type, he was sufficiently adventurous to drive one of the first 997cc Austin Mini Coopers, introduced in September 1961.
- GoofsWhen Harry Barnes enters his house via the back door at the start of the film, there is no appliance plugged in to the 3 pin 15 Amp socket on the MK cooker isolator left of the door and above the cooker from our p.o.v. When he returns to the kitchen a few minutes later, having discovered the corpse in the bathroom, the kettle has now been plugged in.
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refreshing and original British drama/suspense
This film isn't really a thriller, but it is successful in being a suspense filled drama. This film is actually quite a gem. The plot and entire pretext for the film are simple but takes a twist at the end which I don't think anybody could predict. The final explanation for the dead body in the end is not complex, but it is extremely clever and not cliched like 99.9% of big Hollywood blockbusters. It was actually a very refreshing modern ending, which I was not expecting considering the film was made in the early 1960s, this helps push the film above simply being a low-budget British affair.
The whole thing is shot in a believable and completely intruiging way, yes this film is simple, but that is what makes it so brilliant. It works because it is believable -he is an ordinary man, who lives in an ordinary house, not some mansion in Beverly Hills. The film is fuelled by suspense over what the schoolmaster is going to do with the body, all the more so because his nosey neighbour cannot stop interferring.
I found this film very similar to "The Nanny" starring Bette Davis, they are very similar in that they simply tell a story, without enormous complications and huge Hollywood overcomplicating budgets getting in the way. Some people will probably not enjoy it for it's simplicity, because they are so used to big budget blockbusters, but if your willing to give this film a try you will find it is actually extremely enjoyable. If it was available on VHS I would probably buy it. 10 out of 10.
The whole thing is shot in a believable and completely intruiging way, yes this film is simple, but that is what makes it so brilliant. It works because it is believable -he is an ordinary man, who lives in an ordinary house, not some mansion in Beverly Hills. The film is fuelled by suspense over what the schoolmaster is going to do with the body, all the more so because his nosey neighbour cannot stop interferring.
I found this film very similar to "The Nanny" starring Bette Davis, they are very similar in that they simply tell a story, without enormous complications and huge Hollywood overcomplicating budgets getting in the way. Some people will probably not enjoy it for it's simplicity, because they are so used to big budget blockbusters, but if your willing to give this film a try you will find it is actually extremely enjoyable. If it was available on VHS I would probably buy it. 10 out of 10.
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- Sep 1, 2002
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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