Good location footage of an old castle is utilized for the plot line of this British quota quickie involving a reporter (Conrad Phillips) visiting a small town and finding that there has been a murder, and being held hostage along with Jill Ireland by the deranged Willian Hartnell inside the splendid old building. Earlier, Phillips and Ireland (long before she I'm better known as Mrs. Charles Bronson) has become acquainted when she scooped him to a story, simply because he was on vacation and wasn't ready to get the story in. Now they are partners in getting out of a jam, and as their situation begins to seem more serious, a romance begins to grow between the two as they strive to help each other.
At under an hour, this seems more like a British TV drama then something released theatrically, but it indeed did get a big screen release. Phillips and Ireland are very good together, and in his first scenes, Phillips is rather flip with some of the locals (which includes veteran character actor Charles Gray) over his desire to basically be left alone, so this does give an air of suspicion to what he is up to. The young Jill Ireland is quite beautiful and vibrant, and certainly could have gone very far on her own talent, showing a delightful comic timing in her scenes with Philips especially when he tries to kiss her on their first time out. For a cheap little film, they did a good job just taking a camera to the countryside and filming with the quaint locations they had around them. A lot is done with a little, and the viewers left satisfied. You get to see an awful lot of this ancient building which seems to be the location where many great stories took place.
At under an hour, this seems more like a British TV drama then something released theatrically, but it indeed did get a big screen release. Phillips and Ireland are very good together, and in his first scenes, Phillips is rather flip with some of the locals (which includes veteran character actor Charles Gray) over his desire to basically be left alone, so this does give an air of suspicion to what he is up to. The young Jill Ireland is quite beautiful and vibrant, and certainly could have gone very far on her own talent, showing a delightful comic timing in her scenes with Philips especially when he tries to kiss her on their first time out. For a cheap little film, they did a good job just taking a camera to the countryside and filming with the quaint locations they had around them. A lot is done with a little, and the viewers left satisfied. You get to see an awful lot of this ancient building which seems to be the location where many great stories took place.
