The director of this movie, Gerald Thomas, played a major role in the development of the Carry On series of comedies later in his career. This effort could have been one of those, so farcical was the trajectory of the plot. Meek bank teller avoids bus fare, gets caught out by the conductor and inspector, gives false name when pressed, leading to the wrong man being in the dock. It's stated in the court that the two bus company employees were adamant in their identification, yet the real perpetrator and the wrongly accused bore not the slightest resemblance to one another, except they both spoke English and wore suits. One quite tall, the other short, loud versus softly spoken, confident versus sniveling. To make matters even worse, and further to insult the intelligence of the viewer, the bus conductor subsequently catches a brief glimpse of the real culprit and identifies him immediately. There are more idiocies as the film progresses though none as egregious. The actors are good and obviously needed the work. The writers should have been ashamed.
Review of Chain of Events
