Cartoon-style gangsters; a plot that is barely worthy of the name and which is impossible to deduce or fathom until recounted at the end; an embarrassingly contrived and inept fight scene; and an all pervading air of "have we filled up the 50 minutes yet?"
No doubt Simenon laughed all the way to the bank after dashing off this rubbish but I don't think many 1961 licence-fee payers did.
No doubt Simenon laughed all the way to the bank after dashing off this rubbish but I don't think many 1961 licence-fee payers did.