That, and a remarkable shot of the climactic suicide gives Loyalties the feel of a student film. However it has too many of the faults of the period to be able to claim greatness. The sound track is primitive and it's very studio-bound. In its favour are a rare film look at anti-Semitism and a wonderful courtroom scene in which most of the officials are bored stupid. It's not a film you could use to persuade people of the merits of 30s British cinema.
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Ian Carmichael is Kingsley Amis' hero stuck in a small town college and trying to join the smart set. Script adapt . When disgraced footballer Percy Gibbs returns from a year's exile he brings with him a French lottery ticket. A pick-pocket relieves him of his money and he's forced to use the ticket to pay for a round of drinks. The number, surprise surprise, comes up.