In this thriller, two gangs of jewel thieves battle it out in a deserted cottage. Murder ensues when the owners of the cabin show up.
Acting
Laurence Payne's sneering villainy outclasses the budget.
Production
Maximum claustrophobia from one miserable cottage location.
Director
Robert Hartford-Davis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Hartford-Davis made this as a quota quickie — shot fast and cheap to fulfill British cinema's legal requirement for homegrown product.
Payne later played Sweeney Todd on stage; you can see the same theatrical menace brewing here in his performance as Duke.
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