Showing posts with label Viscount Films. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Viscount Films. Show all posts

14.6.09

dateline diamonds (1965)

Lester Benson (Kenneth Cope) is the manager of the Small Faces who gets blackmailed into using his frequent trips to a pirate radio station as a way of smuggling diamonds out of the country.
A would be noir featuring safe cracking and diamond smuggling against the background of a pirate radio station. Gives lots of room to show and play a variety of groups and singers of the day, including the Small Faces, Kiki Dee and the Chantelles. But it's really a run of the mill b feature, (second billed to Doctor In Clover), that is of interest only for the inclusion of the music. If cool mod sounds in black and white appeals then give it a look, but the plot is hardly going to enthrall you. Just remember when watching this that little under six months previously Stevie Marriott was a jobbing actor trying to be a pop star (Be My Guest), now he was the real thing!