Lily Macbeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new kingpin himself. Success is short-lived, however, as he confronts Lennie, a mobster whose father and wife were Joe's murder victims.
Acting
Ruth Roman devours as Lady Macbeth in a fur coat.
Production
Glasgow standing in for Chicago—gloriously unconvincing.
Writing
Shakespeare dialogue crammed into gangster slang.
Director
Ken Hughes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ken Hughes made this between kiddie films and would later direct Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Part of a 1950s wave of British B-movies Americanizing classic literature—classy on a budget.
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