MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE is one in a series of hour-long British crime thrillers released under the EDGAR WALLACE MYSTERY THEATRE banner. It's the first one I've seen but turns out to be a rather lacklustre effort without the requisite suspense or intrigue required to make a film like this interesting. John Cairney is a rather unsympathetic antagonist who busts out of prison only to discover that his own girlfriend has got marriaged to the same detective who put him inside. A rather complicated little story of deceit and betrayal then follows between a small number of cast members. Harry H. Corbett gives the best performance as the dogged cop on Cairney's trail and there are a couple of supporting roles for familiar Hammer players in the forms of John Van Eyssen and Jennifer Daniel. But it's not a film you can get excited about.
Review of Marriage of Convenience
