The dramatic stories they get lumbered with are dull but the background is fascinating. A taxi driver helps track down a murderer. Nice to see Richard Attenborough on the right side of the law at this stage of his career and lovely to see him working with his missus Sheila Sim. Different early role for Will Hay as a vicar who bets the parish funds on a racehorse and gets involved in a doping scandal. This adaptation of a Pinero play is fun but the Hay magic hasn't quite found its true expression.
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It's a fair example of the genre and you can have fun spotting Michael Caine in the background. Script adapt . Bryan Forbes, Frank Harvey. The bloom was off the peach as far as Errol Flynn's looks were concerned by the time he made this, and it was his last swashbuckler. It's an average tale of the Hundred Years' War and Flynn's attempts to rescue Joanne Dru from the clutches of the wicked Peter Finch.