MANTRAP is a dullish crime thriller from Hammer Films and one of the worst in the filmography of the great director Terence Fisher. It stars Kieron Moore as a guy who busts out of prison to find the real murderer behind the crime for which he was framed and sent to jail. All well and good, except the focus of the story is on his ex-wife whose contribution to the whole thing is rather negligible. This turns out to be a long-winded and stodgy affair, bogged down by stock dialogue and nary a moment's excitement. The cast members fail to breathe much life into the routine lines given them by Paul Tabori, and Lois Maxwell has none of the glamour and vitality as evinced in her Miss Moneypenny roles in later years. Only mild interest arises in spotting Barbara Shelley (in her debut appearance) and Bill Travers as a lovelorn figure.
Review of Man in Hiding
