As the final note played out to Face the Music (1954-also reviewed),I decided to take a look on Talking Pictures free online catch-up service for other titles by Terence Fisher, which led to me finding a Noir by Fisher with a runtime of under an hour,leading to me exploring the flaw.
View on the film:
Highlighted in Tony Dalton's excellent book Terence Fisher: Master of Gothic Cinema, that on looking back at the movies he made between his first and second Hammer contracts, that his options were limited,leading him to feel that "Beggars can't be choosers" on what he made in this era.
Visibly working on a small budget that leads to the locations to feel tight and tiny, due to how firmly held the camera is towards the corner of rooms, and lacking the extended first-person sequences of other Film Noir titles he did, director Terence Fisher & cinematographer Cedric Williams bring a rough and tumble Thriller mood to the final sequence,where Fisher stylishly pans around the floor of the sailing boat,as Paul and Millway wrestle on the floor to their death.
Unwrapping Paul, (played with a slippery grin by John Bentley) laying out the plans for the murder of his wife, the screenplay by Brandon Fleming initial goes in the fast lane over the menacing threat of Monica (played with a icy edge by Rona Anderson) having the risk of being killed hang over her, be thrown away with a horribly abrupt ending,that leaves the film with a fatal flaw.
View on the film:
Highlighted in Tony Dalton's excellent book Terence Fisher: Master of Gothic Cinema, that on looking back at the movies he made between his first and second Hammer contracts, that his options were limited,leading him to feel that "Beggars can't be choosers" on what he made in this era.
Visibly working on a small budget that leads to the locations to feel tight and tiny, due to how firmly held the camera is towards the corner of rooms, and lacking the extended first-person sequences of other Film Noir titles he did, director Terence Fisher & cinematographer Cedric Williams bring a rough and tumble Thriller mood to the final sequence,where Fisher stylishly pans around the floor of the sailing boat,as Paul and Millway wrestle on the floor to their death.
Unwrapping Paul, (played with a slippery grin by John Bentley) laying out the plans for the murder of his wife, the screenplay by Brandon Fleming initial goes in the fast lane over the menacing threat of Monica (played with a icy edge by Rona Anderson) having the risk of being killed hang over her, be thrown away with a horribly abrupt ending,that leaves the film with a fatal flaw.
