Loyalties

4/20/2023

It's really the subject matter of this film that makes it enthralling to watch. Basil Rathbone is effective as the wealthy, and Jewish, "De Levis" who arrives for a weekend with his supposed friends. He goes for a bath and when he returns discovers that £1,000 of his money has been stolen. He alerts his hosts and after initially suggesting it be forgotten, agree to summon the authorities and it's at this point he alights on his prime suspect. "Capt. Clancy" (a solid contribution from Miles Mander). This officer had the room next door, and as the conversation expands, we discover that he is quite an athletic man who could easily have jumped from his balcony to his neighbour's and appropriated the cash. Of course, actual proof is seriously lacking and when he makes his accusation, "De Levis"