Friday 19 October 2018

TREAD SOFTLY, STRANGER no stars

Probably the only good thing you can say about this British crime movie is that it makes excellent use of its North of England locations, (it was filmed mostly in Rotherham), and has some good, atmospheric photography by the great Douglas Slocombe. Otherwise, it's pretty terrible as femme fatale Diana Dors, (far from her finest hour), urges down-on-their-luck brothers George Baker and Terence Morgan to robbery and murder. It is atrociously scripted (by producer George Minter and Denis O'Dell), directed (by Gordon Parry) and acted (by the entire cast) and has largely been forgotten. It should have stayed that way.

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