A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.
Direction
Guest's economical storytelling — no frame wasted in 78 minutes.
Acting
Jon Whiteley's heartbreaking child performance anchors the darkness.
Director
Val Guest
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Val Guest shot this back-to-back with 'The Abominable Snowman' for Hammer Films, using leftover war-damaged locations.
Lizabeth Scott's casting subverts her usual femme fatale image — she's the desperate mother, not the dangerous dame.
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