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Description:

A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.

Top Cast >

Peter Vaughan

As Roper

John Carson

As Trevor Bayliss

Yvonne Romain

As Janet Dexter

Gerald Flood

As Graham Turner

Glynn Edwards

As Inspector Wright

John Glyn-Jones

As Player

Sam Kydd

As Hotel Waiter

Penny Morrell

As Helen - Turner's Secretary

Deryck Guyler

As Station Master

David Gregory

As Pete The Smudger

Jill Curzon

As June

Barbara Hicks

As Miss Breen

Bert Palmer

As Barman

Tom Gill

As Reception Clerk

Edward Ogden

As Police Sergeant

Anthony Dawes

As John Dexter

Romo Gorrara

As Taxi Driver

Maja Hafernik

As Maid

Damaris Hayman

As Mrs Roper's Nurse (Uncredited)

Derek Francis

As Dexter's Doctor (Uncredited)

Top Crew >

Jim O'Connolly

Director

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

This is quite an interesting yarn about an insurance assessor "Roper" (Peter Vaughan) sent to look into a large claim after a businessman goes missing. Fairly swiftly, he discovers it's really a case of potential murder and his naturally inquisitive, meticulous, nature encourages him to investigate. It's not too long before he is embroiled in a tale of money, debts, adultery and corpse-hunting. It's not exactly the stuff of Hercule Poirot, and the production is all a low-budget affair, but Vaughan carries it all off quite well as he tries to pull together the threads of infidelity and fraud, and with solid supporting contributions from John Carson and Yvonne Romain to keep the waters muddy for a time, it passes an hour effortlessly enough.

2022-03-28