John Ireland had, in the early fities, suffered a career drop after the McArthy witch hunt and like others, he came over to England a few times and made films here.

When the attractive model Kitty Tyndall (played by Joy Webster) is drowned whilst taking part in a cross channel swim, her competitor, Danny Parker ( played by Sheldon Lawrence), is convinced she was murdered and sets out to investigate. When he too is killed his brother, Griff (played by John Ireland), along with hotel receptionist Shelley Baxter ( played by Maureen Connell) sets out to uncover the truth…

The film is also a pleasant reminder of a bygone era of British filmmaking with an interesting cast.

Aside from the American stars, Arthur Lowe shows up in a bit part as a mechanic as does John Schelsinger who would soon leave acting and become the director of films such as Billy Liar and Darling.

Derek Bond is excellent as the villain. Another highlight is the delightful period shots of 1950’s Dover, beautifully photographed by veteran cameraman Geoffrey Faithfull.

The film was directed by C. M Pennington Richards

It is more in the mystery thriller style and is a good looking film thanks mainly to the locations around Dover and St Margaret’s Bay in Kent and London.

John Ireland had been in England a few years before to make ‘The Glass Cage’. I hadn’t realised that this film was available in a Colorised version – and looking at it, the process seems to have been very well done.

ABOVE John Ireland in ‘The Glass Cage’ – this is from the Colorised Version

ABOVE A young Honor Blackman in ‘The Glass Cage’ – again from the Colorised Version

ABOVE – John Ireland with Sam Kydd

ABOVE – We knew it was a British made film when we see Sam Kydd and Geoffrey Keen.

I always think of Geoffrey Keen when he played Israel Hands in the classic 1950 Walt Disney version of ‘Treasure Island’ – he looked so young in that, as did Ralph Truman – another British film stalwart who wasn’t in this one.

Sam Kydd was also cast in ‘Treasure Island’