Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Alex da Silva Compo from "Last of the Summer Wine" obviously loved the East End and probably made friends with Chas 'n' Dave. That's why I saw them play at Holmfirth. It was where Summer Wine was filmed – the friendship link is complete. Compo is an East end gangster in this film. He's short in stature and makes an unconvincing tough guy. He would have been flattened in his fight scene at the beginning of the film. The same goes for his ex-army buddy, Richard Attenborough (Ted), Again, this short person would have been flattened in both his fight scenes. The fights are badly staged and very fake.There's a criminal gang running a dancehall and carrying out robberies and Dickie short-arse meddles in their affairs so he can get to the truth behind his pal Compo's demise. Guess what – he succeeds. Standard good guy v bad guy stuff. The most interesting moments of the film for me occur in the dancehall where Diana Dors hangs out. Singer and dancehall girl Judy Kelly (Toni) is the best of the cast. What is it with people cutting in on other men dancing with a girl by tapping them on the shoulder and stealing their girl away? No way! This would be disastrous and cause non-stop scuffling. I hear this was an American custom introduced in films. I can't believe this actually happened! Any info on this ludicrous concept would be greatly appreciated.

kidboots Even though Bill Owens was shot in the first reel, he loved his role. It was an interesting part, a sharp young spiv, a real Cagney character he thought and the critics took a lot of notice. It didn't hurt either that his character was completely pivotal to the plot - I don't think 10 minutes went by without his name being mentioned. Of course Richard Attenborough was the star, he played poor but honest cabby Ted Peters who drops off old friend Dave (Owens) at the palatial Palais De Dance club for his date with death!! They had been childhood mates but as Ted told the police Dave wanted the good life and fast!!Definitely a British noir, most of the film is shot on the dimly lit, often rain drenched streets in the wee small hours. A particularly gripping scene is a dying Dave's frantic effort to draw whistling Ted's attention to his predicament - when Ted (who doesn't realise Dave is in the cab) opens the door, Dave slithers out. At the cab headquarters Ted is visited by "Mr. Big" posing as a detective. Ted, as gormless as ever, tells all he knows as well as his opinion that the glittering Palais is at the bottom of it all. And that is where all the brightness and light come from - the gaudy monolithic dance hall that seems packed to capacity every night. It is there that gang boss, Gregory (Barry Jones) and his henchman, Paul Baker, the popular dance band M.C. rule their empire, rubbing out whoever gets jittery and gives the impression that they want to talk. Toni, the sullen girlfriend of Paul, who also has a drinking problem, is one they let get away.Suddenly Joyce, (Sheila Sim, Richard Attenborough's real life wife) Ted's girl, finds a job at the Palais - she has just finished up in a play and meets an old girlfriend Annette who finds her a job there. Diana Dors, who at the time was going through Rank's Charm School, was gorgeous and very eye catching in her small role as a sassy talking dance hall hostess. Even when she is in the background all eyes are on her - she should have had a bigger part. Dirk Bogarde has the teeniest, tiniest part at the end as a radio policeman (with almost his back to the camera). I agree, definitely the most interesting actress is Australian Judy Kelly as Toni, the alcoholic. Intriguingly, even though she had been in films from the early 1930s, this may well have been her best role, but she soon disappeared from films - all a bit of a mystery!!Very Recommended.

malcolmgsw whilst it has to be said that this film uses many situations that even in 1947 were clichés,nevertheless this is a well made and entertaining film.You always know what the characters are up to.So when Attenborough meets up with army buddy Bill Owen,you get the feeling immediately that Owen is up to no good.Owen is shot and then crawls into Attenboroughs cab where he bleeds to death.So unfortunately the next fare gets a rather nasty shock.Everyone seems to be playing to their type,Garry Marsh as a jovial policeman and Danny Green who enjoys taking people for a ride.The only problems are that Attenborough doesn't look too convincing in the fight scenes,and you have to wonder why the gang would try to hunt him down since it only makes him a lot more suspicious.

Igenlode Wordsmith This film sounded interesting from the subject matter, especially the dance-hall setting: and there is some good acting from the 'heavies', Barry K. Barnes as Paul Baker, the suave, good-looking and dangerous master of ceremonies, and Barry Jones as 'Mr Gregory', the mind behind the scenes. Unfortunately I didn't find the young hero and heroine particularly involving -- they are basically blank spots in the script marked "Generic Virtuous Character" -- and as the plot begins to be twisted in their favour with more and more incredulity-straining coincidences I found my tolerance decreasing. Diana Dors catches the eye in an unbilled (and for all that surprisingly prominent) part as one of the 'professional partners' at the dance hall, and various character actors do their reliable stuff. There are moments of genuine tension: but, alas, for me at least they always involved conflict between the villains rather than the endangerment of Our Heroes which was supposed to provide excitement. I'm afraid I got much more worried by Toni Masters' possible fate at the hands of a psychotic lorry-driver -- since she is a Bad Girl and therefore has some actual character conflict -- than by a punch-up involving Ted Peters, who is bound to win by some total fluke anyhow.The film looked promising at the start, but I failed to get involved and ended up feeling manipulated instead.