A Hammer thriller with an intriguing premise: a man stops to help an unconscious man who suddenly coshes him, takes his money and car. Then in high speed pursuit crashes and dies. Leaving the victim with amnesia and no idea who he is. Stumbles into house and life of Jennifer Jayne, who calls a doctor, cueing some awful dialogue:
"He has, has he? Dearie dearie me."
and
"She says you've lost your memory,"
"Yeah, kinda stupid isn't it?"
"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't."
Anyway he tracks down his wife Christine Norden but she's shocked as was planning to run off with friend Anthony Forwood, and they go through with the funeral anyway thinking they can then bump him off and no one will be any the wiser. He follows them to the funeral at which point he should have stepped forward and prove to everyone (Vicar, servants) that he is still alive. But instead he doesn't and leaves himself in danger.
It's a stupid film with generally poor performances and weird touches, like a radiator being halfway down the staircase to the wine cellar. Allan MacKinnon wrote it from Lester Powell's radio series 'Return From Darkness'. Jimmy Sangster is the AD.
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