Written by TEB Clarke, after contributing the 'Golf' episode to Dead of Night. Story of boys foiling criminal endeavour is ingenious. 'It was a great success and was praised by the critics, not least for the strongly indigenous feeling it had - it was, commented the Monthly Film Bulletin, 'English to the backbone' ('Forever Ealing', George Perry). The bombed out ruins were used brilliantly.
Funny how many 'milk bars' I noticed.
The scene on the stairs (boys visiting Alastair Sim) and the sewers episode both made me think of The Third Man.
Harry Fowler, Douglas Barr, Stanley Escane, Ian Dawson, Gerald Fox, Joan Dowling, Jack Warner, Alistair Sim, Valerie White, Alec Finter.
Sad footnote: Dowling and Fowler met on this film and were married. She discovered he was having an affair, committed suicide aged 26.
Brilliantly lit by Douglas Slocombe; music by Georges Auric, editing by Charles Hasse, both also notable.
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