Never Back Losers is another in the British series of B feature movies based on the stories of Edgar Wallace. As was so often the case in this series, the basic story does not make sense but this was concealed by the film's very brisk pace.
Two rival gangs of crooks are trying to "fix" horse races and a jockey is coshed and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine enquiries into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter measures. This central premise of a gang leader being worried about an insurance investigator looking for an excuse not pay the insurance claim does not make any sense. All the investigator needed to do was to point out that he was not a police officer and that it was none of his business who committed which offence.
The acting in Never Back Losers is variable. Jack Hedley is quite good as the amiable insurance investigator and Patrick Magee is very good as the sinister gang leader. Jacqueline Ellis is an attractive heroine despite the confused screenplay doing her no favours. Unfortunately, some of the other actors give quite bad performances.
The photography and lighting are very good for a film with a 20 days shooting schedule, and the editing is tight and well paced.
Two rival gangs of crooks are trying to "fix" horse races and a jockey is coshed and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine enquiries into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter measures. This central premise of a gang leader being worried about an insurance investigator looking for an excuse not pay the insurance claim does not make any sense. All the investigator needed to do was to point out that he was not a police officer and that it was none of his business who committed which offence.
The acting in Never Back Losers is variable. Jack Hedley is quite good as the amiable insurance investigator and Patrick Magee is very good as the sinister gang leader. Jacqueline Ellis is an attractive heroine despite the confused screenplay doing her no favours. Unfortunately, some of the other actors give quite bad performances.
The photography and lighting are very good for a film with a 20 days shooting schedule, and the editing is tight and well paced.
