Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by tinear (A) on December 07, 2010 at 08:57:06

Sherman thriller, filmed during the thick of WWII, 1943-- it doesn't get any more authentic than this for a setting!
London police are baffled by a series of murders, several taking place among people seeking shelter in air raid shelters, of which the weapon appears to be a hypodermic needle filled with lethal poison. Meanwhile, a woman devastated by a bomb attack which destroyed her parents begins to suspect her charming and generous landlord.
This is far different from an average thriller: it has much to say, in a very quiet way, about murder and war--- and the areas in which they overlap.
John Abbot, as the urbane tobacconist, is exceptional.... brilliant. Seldom do I wish to see a film just to revisit a performance: this is one such case.
It may not be as great a film as that other excellent British WWII-set thriller, "Green for Danger," but Abbot's performance equals that of Alastair Sims in the other film, and that is the highest praise, indeed.
See them both, if you've not. These are must-see films for anglophiles and lovers of well-acted thrillers.