This thriller does manage to hold its suspense ,at least till near the climax,but eventually rather loses credibility.There are too many plot holes,which at times make it all seem rather silly.
This is a sort of cut price CAPE FEAR from the Danziger Brothers, the people who also gave us a bargain basement Dirty Dozen, TARNISHED HEROES, though in both instances the films were released prior to the appearance of their more illustrious Hollywood counterparts, several years before in the case of HEROES.Bill Le Sage's incongruously jaunty music over the opening credits hardly sets the tone for the grim events to befall Ray and Pam Reed, married with a young son, with Ray in line for promotion at an advertising agency.
Written by the great Brian Clemens and produced by the Danzigers - a sort of equivalent of Butchers if the same period - this little thriller from UK is excellent, brilliant for such a tiny production. Acting, editing, score, everything here is worth watching, even if it may sound familiar for movie buffs like me.
Brian Clemens had an adventurous life in which he tried journalism, working in a private detective agency and working his way up from a messenger boy at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency.
