Centred around a house where the jewels of a safe robbery have been concealed several people vie to get hold of them but it only leads to disappointment and eventually to murder. This is a sterling example of the Edgar Wallace series from Anglo-Amalgamated with a good script from Arthur La Bern, solid acting from the cast and pacy direction from Charles Jarrott. The characters are undone by their avarice and the wintry setting of the London scenes, well filmed by Bert Mason, adds to the bleak atmosphere.
The cast are able, particularly Harry H. Corbett as the estate agent Jack Burgess whose mounting despair is very well portrayed by the actor. Perhaps the ending of the film is a bit rushed but all in all it is a well told tale. Interestingly there is talk in the film of thieves falling out but that's not quite true of the robbers and moreover the murders are not done by any of them. Greed makes the ordinary person into a killer which makes the movie a bit deeper than just a caper gone awry story
The cast are able, particularly Harry H. Corbett as the estate agent Jack Burgess whose mounting despair is very well portrayed by the actor. Perhaps the ending of the film is a bit rushed but all in all it is a well told tale. Interestingly there is talk in the film of thieves falling out but that's not quite true of the robbers and moreover the murders are not done by any of them. Greed makes the ordinary person into a killer which makes the movie a bit deeper than just a caper gone awry story