Ace FBI agent Jerry Cotton goes undercover as an aggressive drunkard to bring to justice the members of the Bowling Alley Gang whose forte is robbery and the occasional murder. This was the first film in a series of eight where Cotton is played by George Nader and to be honest he makes for a dull leading man. The gang itself are much more interesting and the film is best when they are onscreen. At the end when they were caught or killed I was rather melancholy about it when one is meant to be rooting supposedly for the G-Men! The film moves swiftly aided by good editing. There is however a relentlessly jovial music score which is completely inappropriate at times, jolly when it should have been tense, that spoils the thrills somewhat. It was mainly filmed in Germany which tried to pretend it was New York but failed.
Review of The Violin Case Murders
The Violin Case Murders
(1965)
"We'll blow this place right off the face of the city"
26 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers