No Trace

It's always great to see a film with John Laurie of "We're doomed" fame from "Dad's Army". You just will him to say it whenever he appears - ha ha! In this film, he plays the Inspector in charge of solving a murder and takes along the rather big-headed crime author Hugh Sinclair (Robert) as part of a friendly understanding between the two. Perhaps Sinclair can solve the crime before the Inspector can? If only Laurie knew.

It's a good film with some dodgy accents thrown in - what is blackmailer Michael Brennan (Fenton) trying to do with that terrible American accent! And bad girl Dora Bryan (Maisie) exaggerates her cockney accent a bit. Still, she fits the bill as a drunken slapper. The film unravels itself with suitable tension as the cast begin to realize what has gone on thanks to the inquisitive hunches of Sinclair's secretary Dinah Sheridan (Linda) and Laurie's assistant Barry Morse (John).

We are told that everyone has a novel inside them. Just make sure you aren't completely autobiographical. Otherwise........"We are all doomed!"