ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

writers_reign Before becoming PC George Dixon in 1950 Jack Warner tried his hand at the other side of the law notably in Hue And Cry and this trite effort which clearly gave Stanley Kramer the idea for The Defiant Ones some years later. This is neither one thing nor the other with the two escaped prisoners- Warner and a young and callow George Cole - intercut with unconvincing reporter David Tomlinson more or less abandoning his honeymoon to cover the story at the insistence of his editor Raymond Lovell. It's another benefit for the usual suspects with a heavily disguised Bill Owen, Maurice Denham, Wilfrid Hyde White, Beatrice Varley, Jane Hylton and just about everyone else who wasn't working. Barely watchable.

MartinHafer This is a low budgeted British film about two handcuffed prisoners who escape and are tracked throughout the film. One of the guys is a smart and amoral older crook. The other is a complete idiot who should have just stayed put instead of hopping off the police truck transporting them. Thrown into the mix is a guy on his honeymoon (David Tomlinson), as his editor insists he stop his canoodling and get the story!The film is an interesting portrait of the older prisoner. The younger guy is just too stupid to make him worth watching. But if you think about it, the plot is so much like the better American film "The Defiant Ones"--so why not just watch that instead? Especially since this British film is amazingly flat and dull at times considering the subject matter.

JohnHowardReid I have two reviews for this one in my files. First, let's have my original review from the late 1950s when I saw the movie on TV: This film does not generate the excitement promised by the title and the cast. One drawback is the normally welcome David Tomlinson stuck in an unproductive role as a harassed reporter on his honeymoon. First strike against this assumption is that the screen Tomlinson is such a fumbling idiot, there is no way any girl would marry him – let alone a peacherino like Yvonne Owen! His scenes generate neither laughs nor tension. All they do is waste our time. In fact, the screenplay tends to be far too talky. Fortunately, the action spots are well handled.Now, here is my second review, based on the excellent Beyond DVD: Comedian Jack Warner is surprisingly cast as the villain – a ruthless if ingenious killer who can turn on the charm when he wants to – and does a superb job in this well-made thriller directed by Alfred Roome. Warner is ably supported by fellow comedian George Cole (also in a straight role) and Jane Hylton. Less impressive are Raymond Lovell who has two large a role as the hapless Tomlinson's editor and Wilfrid Hyde White (billed as Wilfred Hyde White) who has far too small a part but still manages to make an impression in first big scene even though he has only one or two words of dialogue. Director Alfred Roome makes excellent use of his locations.

MIKE WILSON An interesting piece of casting, having Jack Warner playing the bad guy, but he is a good enough actor to pull it off. He plays a war hero George Martin, who with another convict, Willie Stannard, (George Cole) break loose from police custody, while handcuffed together. David Tomlinson as the young reporter, who is called in to work on the story. A film from another era, that is well worth watching.