I have always felt you can't go wrong with a Jack Hawkins film and this very pleasing very British offering
really proves my point as he leads and shines above a competent group of familiar players. It's all very
early 1950's ; an era I look back on with nostalgia even though I was just a child. The men all wear hats
and coats and the women all wear hats,coats,gloves and furs. Everyone smokes all over the place which
may turn people off these days but it was very sophisticated at the time and we were oblivious to the
harm it might do. Great scenes of post-war London are a nice added touch. The various story-lines have
already been explained and they are smoothly inter-woven giving us a real feel for the frenetic environment
of a newspaper office. It's mostly credible and the sort of film you can enjoy watching repeatedly.
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