A lovesick loser steals for a femme fatale who'd rather sleep with a counterfeiter. British noir at its nastiest.
Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections - including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeiter Jimmy Smart...
Acting
Pat Kirkwood's Irene—cruel, magnetic, utterly believable.
Direction
Lewis Gilbert's tight 78-minute descent into despair.
Director
Lewis Gilbert
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