Roy Boutling was a great British movie maker.Nothing wasted, nothing overstated. Captured the era faithfully. Pity the uploader felt the need to have a huge advert hanging permanently on screen. BOO HISS.

Here I am an American sitting on the edge of the Pacific and I am once again very very grateful to the British nation for its creativity in making this marvelous film. I just happened upon it and am so fortunate that I did so. It to me captures the spirit of the British people - understated courage and fierce attention to detail May I say Rule Britannia!

Love these older movies....can't get enough of them. Better acting & plots, no vulgarity and time killing, never-ending car chases. Much better content that today's movies!

Absolutely gripping! I can't write any more about this film without parroting the praise from the other reviews. I, too, am glad I stumbled upon this movie! Thank you so much for posting!!

English moves are such a breath of fresh air.

I love British Films. Their actors don't have to be handsome or a size 4, all they have to do is be good actors and actresses.

Wonderful film , despite giant Aimersoft logo . The film was so good after a while I just didn't notice . Even stared Joan Hickson who played mum and who later played Miss Marple , my favourite actress in that role . Great acting .

This was a great film. I love the atmosphere of the old black and white films and recognising actors/actresses from their younger days. It is weird to watch someone run to a phone box without thinking just for a few seconds 'why doesn't he use his mobile'.

What a gem, fast paced, good acting, great dialogue and lovely period location shots. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

Brilliant script of espionage filmed at Pinewood Studios. This is an English film of quality with some wonderful performers. Some well-known names in there as well. If only we could be treated to quality like this in this generation, but sadly we won't be. Entertaining indeed and highly recommended. Many thanks for posting. Much appreciated.

Absolutely brilliant film, great acting and storyline. Wish they still made films like this nowadays. 👍

A great film,thoroughly enjoyed it. An excellent story line and a tightly woven plot. And not a bad actor among them. Although I'm an addict of old films I must confess that I hadn't seen or even heard of this little gem before. Ah...the days before electronic surveillance,when detectives had to get out there and do the leg work in order to put a case together. My late brother was a detective inspector back in the 60s/70s and was probably one of the last of that particular breed before computers came in to do the leg work for them. As opposed to fading into obscurity, a lot of the actors here went on to enjoy long and successful careers to a greater or lesser degree. Incidentally, Kenneth Griffith died about nine weeks ago, a fine actor. he was eighty four.

British films remain the best, and always shall. You just cannot go wrong with a British film, atmosphere and quality of script and dialogue and acting.

A relevant movie. "Wherever people have known the light, they don't tolerate the darkness for very long."

Wow Joan Hicksen ,Dora Bryan,Jean Anderson,Dandy Nicols all huge tv stars later on

Absorbing, with great shots of London; I love the black & white; also nice to see Joan Hickson when she was young and not playing Miss Marple...

Even more appropriate movie today than in 1951. Thank you so much for posting.

Iv'e watched this movie many times over the years, and I can't but think how it correlates to what's happening tin today's world in 2022. Man's quest for power, no matter how many lives are lost, just to stay seated in "government." No, it's not a new idea, but it sure "hits close to home."

I was born in 1944 in Birmingham, England. We all had great respect for our American allies. During the food rationing years it was wonderful that the American GIs seemed to carry and endless supply of gum! Any gum chum? Funny thing is that I couldn't eat it now. My jaws couldn't cope!

I came here to watch the Aimersoft logo and that damn film got in the way.

Excellent movie i love this era of black and white films thankyou

Damn, we used to make good films. This is another gem I'd never heard of, many thanks for uploading.

I wasn't expecting much. Wow was I surprised. This is an excellent film from the writing, directing, location, design and acting.

This is a truly marvellous movie that zips along like a firecracker, one of a series of neo-realist British police dramas in the early 1950s, using real London locations which today give a terrific insight into how the West End looked c.1951. The cast contains some of the great British characters performers of the period - Andre Morell (later star of Hammer Horrors) and Anthony Bushell as policemen, nervy Kenneth Griffith and sly Charles Lloyd Pack as Commie spys, Joan Hickson (later "Miss Marple") as a mum, Dora Bryan (who died only this month) as a silly woman obsessed with her kettle. The good guys are MI5, the baddies a never-directly mentioned band of Communist sabouteurs. Rousing music score, nice sets, the production written by the Boulting Brothers, one of their earliest efforts..

Absolutely brilliant. Many, many thanks for posting such a gem!

Started watching this, looked good, but when I realized the DVD Ripper logo wasn't going to disappear, I quit. Really bad idea to upload a movie like this.

I really like this movie, this is my very favorite type of movie, black and white, great era, great dialogue

These English films are so unique of their time. Please remember the quality of acting everyday lives in these films and making them interesting is quite a “feat” of extraordinary actors, never shall this be repeatedly again in our lifetimes. I thank the men and women and children for choosing this career to give me entertainment. God bless them !

Wonderful Art Deco interrior of Battersea Power Station before it was left to rot for twenty years.

rarely seen British classic thank you for hosting

Quite forgot about the logo due to the fact that this was a most enjoyable film, thank you for posting.

I was so enthralled by the film that after awhile I did not notice the logo. My father worked on the building of Battersea power station. Nice one!

Lots of subsequently famous actors in this excellent film. I enjoyed it, immensely 😊

That was excellent! I was on the edge of my seat, even though I knew it would be all right. Some great actors and some great acting.

Great film well done . Love the old films. Yet again another winner . Thank you.🇬🇧❤️

Very Well-Done!!! I suspect that if We we’re All aware of how closeTyranny & Destruction are to Us at all-times, We would be paralyzed with fear. I Thank & Praise-God for actively protecting and defending Us at all-times!!!

Once again, the best. There is nothing to compare with an British Movie. Thank you Hannah Clulow, for sharing; too, your marvelous Mum for sharing with her students. The logo, initially distracting, the acting, plot etc., was so captivating, that the logo for myself, disappeared into oblivion. A gem indeed!!!

This is a really great movie - from more than 70 years ago. Thank you for uploading it.

It's a very tight and well moving movie. The characters are rich and well defined. It's fascinating to see London and how it look and acted soon after World War Two. Thank you for downloading the film. Keep up the great work.

Did anyone recognize Joan Hickson (Miss Jane Marple) as Mrs.Ellis. Don't come any better!!!!

Isn't it amazing what wonderful cars have been built in Britain, I could watch them all night. Furthermore I like these movies because of the civilized English that is spoken.

I look at these 'old' films and remember how London used to look and how people used to talk and behave and I'm overwhelmed with nostalgia for a people and standards that I grew up with but that are no longer present . I know there were aspects that weren't perfect, but on the whole it seemed a better time. I miss it terribly.

I'm so embarrassed of our current state of affairs within Hollywood. We have lost so much talent that it created a vacuum. Technology will never replace art. Our universities are to blame and it will take a long time to replace.

Than you for this terrific film . Great actors AND Battersea Power Station. Much appreciate the trouble you took to put this film up so we can enjoy these great British classics.

High Treason Excellent superb on time, for those who've seen the light they won't tolerate the dark. Pray for democracy.

I'm writing my undergrad dissertation on the representation of Communism and the Soviet Union in British Cold War Cinema and this is one of the films I desperately needed to see. Thank you so, so, so much you've made my day! :D

Great film loads of wonderful British actors some went on to be stars of 60s and 70s tv shows 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 thank you 😊

I searched for an alternative and found this movie on MK Powelson’s channel :-). No aggravating logo on screen

British actors & actresses are the very best in the World Today - because the British Stage Training is the best in the World.

The police - asking the shopkeeper if he had seen the deceased - = Yes.."He'd come in yesterday to pay his radio instalment"" ..Those words really hit me like a sledge hammer!! I remember, as a young girl living in the Eastern Suburbs in the 1950's, my mother, or father, had a small booklet with pages that they would fill out and take to the local Post Office..with money to pay for the ""radio instalment"!!! I always thought it horrible that we would have to pay for the pleasure of listening to the (rather antiquated) radio perched in a special spot in the kitchen!!! An amazing memory along with the horse drawn cart that the Milko had, and the Ice Man..filling up the Ice Chest..(he used to chip off a bit of ice for my sister and myself!!), Wow...The young people of today would never believe this!!! I think it is wonderful!!!

What a nice surprise to find this on youtube. Thank you for sharing.

Great film! I love how everything is so unemotional and matter of fact, even during the gun fight. Very British, what?

If you want exploding heads, lots of T and A, and fake digital effects, watch today's movies. If you want a story line and decent acting, watch a good British film from the 50s. Thanks for posting this highly absorbing film!

It's a good film. A lot of tension, excitement and good dialogue. Also good sound and picture quality. Thanks for posting. (pity about the constant logo, but I forgot about it after a while).

Wonderfully exciting and fast paced film with a great cast of players.

Really good movie! It truly makes one wonder how many MPs there are at this time with the same agenda! A scary thought but quite plausible. Thank you 🌹

Very enjoyable film. The theme and pace of the script made it for me. Thank you for uploading

Anyone remember when High Treason was a thing.

Thoroughly wonderful British film. Thank you for posting. Love the British post WW2 films. Wonderful acting, script and direction.

I do say old chap, this is really a great film. My favorite espionage movies are the Jean LeCarre films, this one stands alongside those.

What a beauty lots of suspense interesting and gripping plot and well drawn characters. Thanks for uploading Hannah!

Thank you. I imagine the composer enjoyed writing the various pieces given at the musical society's concerts.

Bit of trivia. Laurence Naismith, Anthony Bushell and Kenneth Griffith reunited to act in 1957 "A Night To Remember". Morse code played a key role in both films, and Griffith once again was a telegrapher!

6 years after end of ww2 and the idea of a power hungry individual is not forgotten in the UK. Pinewood / HMG propaganda but well executed. great cast, script and locations. Logo not noticed after couple of minutes. thanks for upload Hannah Clulow

Roy Boulting's sequel to the more famous Boulting Bros. Seven Days to Noon. Wonderful cast. Good quality recording, sound as clear as a bell. Advertising logo is a little annoying but still well worth watching.

good plot . fine movie liked seeing old London again.

A great role call of British actors. Much underestimated movie.

One brilliant film with great acting and the Morse Signals were perfect and correct.

I fed up of these complaints from some viewers. Get a life. You are getting good movies for free someone has taken the time and effort.Dont like it turn it off. Habitual complainers.

*FABULOUS* movie. Excellent acting. So nuanced. Great plot pacing and location shots. The logo was distracting at first but the actors and the story line pull you in to the picture and you're just gone. Thank you for uploading.

Excellent! Thanks!

Wow!!! Joan Hickson aka Miss Marple is in this gem.

A film with a timeless moral lesson. Remember that line everyone. "Wherever people have known the light, they do not tolerate the darkness for very long." Yes. Another universal truth we are seeing in action in the Real World Today. God Help Us to Keep True To This Lesson.

If you dont watch this movie you're a fool! This is an awesome movie with fantastic one liners.. !!! The one about "get on with the Revolution" is so funny . ..

Scoring with modern music and humorous tunes, fascinating.

I love these old 50s movies, thanks for putting them on KZfaq.

Great movie! Thanks so much for uploading it. I didn't think the logo was too bad. I was able to ignore it without a problem. In other videos, they try to get around copyright issues by speeding up or slowing down the tape, or by cutting off part of the picture. This was far better than those practices.

It’s interesting to see that hundreds of people who think a point that has already been made in countless comments needs to be posted by them yet again.

Great film, thank you.

The logo was a drag but it was a well made film. Even the morse message he sent was real.

Pretty good movie, still relevant today

appreciated the movie - but NOT the ever-present logo !

Love these old English films , Joan Hickson , miss Marple 40 years later , just great

What a great film. Tight. I watched the whole film without any interruption. Thank you.

It is a pity that the logo stays for the entire duration of the film. That said, its a terrific movie, super quality, a great story & some very good acting performances.

Great old classic movie!

Far superior actors! Love watching them too!😎

Over a half million views. Thanks for the upload. I really enjoy the street scenes from these old films.

Enjoyed it very much. Saw the logo only in the first minutes of the movie, once I started enjoying it, the log became invisible.

What an incredible find. Despite the obvious propaganda it was excellent. What I found nostalgic at the end was the BBC home service explaining the power disruptions. The government and BBC I once respected no longer have my support. I loath looking at the Palace of Westminster as I do the famous BBC logo. To me they now represent the villains portrayed in this film.

rather see the logos and enjoy the great movie, than not get to see this most enjoyed movie! Hannah, thank you for time and effort for my being able to enjoy this movie. So sorry you have to hear from folks are jerks! tell I said it, from los angeles , california

Excellent film , worth the watch .

Thanks to Mary, below, for actually opining on the MOVIE. I appreciate it, and of course will need to forget about the upper left corner!

What an amazing cast list, many thanks.

have decided to watch this with a piece of tape over that advert.

the bit at 41.47 re the two different officers realising talking about same man is brilliant and often just the way things happen

Thanks so much for this. Saw it years ago and I find it intriguing still, (pun intended). The logo bothered me not a whit. People are so spoiled.

Many thanks for posting. This is a great thriller & really well written. It stars so many familiar actors all in small bit parts e.g. Sam Kydd about 35.50 minutes in. There are also a lot of other actors were you know their faces, but can't remember their names. Just ignore the logo (it's not that hard to do) & enjoy this wonderful film!

Great film, packed with many well known British actors, some in the early days of their careers.

excellent FILM REALLY ENJOYED IT SO MANY RECOGNISABLE FACES