Peter Vaughan

John Carson

Yvonne Romain

Gerald Flood

Glynn Edwards

John Glyn-Jones

Sam Kydd

Penny Morrell

Deryck Guyler

David Gregory

Jill Curzon

Barbara Hicks

Bert Palmer

Tom Gill

Edward Ogden

Anthony Dawes

Romo Gorrara

Maja Hafernik

Damaris Hayman

Derek Francis

Jim O'Connolly

John I. Phillips

Johnny Gregory

Ronald Liles

Crime

Mystery

Smokescreen

Butcher's Film Productions

United Kingdom

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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.

English