D-C-S-Turner Review of 80,000 Suspects

80,000 Suspects (1963)

Well made account of how to deal with a pandemic

[8/10 · 2 March 2021]

This film is way better than most reviewers seem to think.

Clearly it is topical now, and suggests pretty starkly how local authorities and the health service should respond to a pandemic: isolation, track and trace, vaccination, clear information.

Beyond that it is a good story about a marriage, with Claire Bloom beautiful and in top form