A Matter of Murder

Bank clerk called Geoffrey Dent (John Barry) steals money from his bank on behalf of his girlfriend Laura Wilson. She claims it is needed to pay off a blackmailer.

She is really working for a gangster called Ginter (John Le Mesurier.) Dent has been scammed, it is a trap. Laura tries to doublecross Ginter and take the money herself. It does not end well for her.

Ginter attempts to killer but Dent becomes the suspect as he finds her injured body.

Dent escapes the police and hides out in Cheltenham. It is not only the police he has to fear. Ginter and his goons are on to him as well.

This is a run of the mill B movie. Very low budget and a bot creaky. The main interest is John Le Mesurier slumming it as a gangster without his posh urbane accent.

The ending might be deemed to be shocking but it is Hays code compliant.