The Risk

1960

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

3
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 392 392

based on novel or book spy traitor black and white scientist plague

Plot summary

A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.

Director

John Boulting Photo
John Boulting

Top cast

Ian Bannen Photo
Ian Bannen as Alan Andrews
Anthony Booth Photo
Anthony Booth as Parkin
Sam Kydd Photo
Sam Kydd as Slater
Brian Oulton Photo
Brian Oulton as Director
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747.85 MB
1204*720
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 21 min
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1.36 GB
1792*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ramlmmjem 6 / 10

Worth watching for Thorley Walters but don't expect a masterpiece

This little movie shows it origins as a filler for the Boulting Brothers who found themselves with 17 days of studio time on their hands (thanks Kevinolzak's earlier review for that snippet!). I watched it for the cast. Spike Milligan in a very strange role as the janitor/security man and Sam Kydd in a less unusual role as a police/MI5 operative. Think kitchen sink drama meets black and white John Le Carre adaptations meets scientific dilemma. Thorley Walters is the stand-out here as the slightly eccentric MI5 investigator piecing the puzzle together. Oh, and the movie also helps explain why there are fewer women than men in the STEM scientific fields. A period piece but worth an hour and a half of your time. To prepare for it, get in a pot of tea or a couple of bottles of warm and weak beer, some cigarettes or a pipe, and make sure to you wear a cardigan and/or a tweed jacket. Lots of fun if watched in the correct way!
Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 5 / 10

Slight story, great cast

SUSPECT is a slight suspense thriller from the Boulting brothers, by all accounts made on a bet in just three weeks after a studio became spare when another film finished early. The story is about the dedicated scientists at a research lab who struggle with a moral dilemma when the government forbids the release of their work for the good of mankind. Some dodgy peripheral characters show up and throw the whole thing up in the air.It's a cheap studio-bound little picture full of dialogue and much inaction, but it also has enough depth to be worth a watch. Plus, a fine little cast is always worth tuning in for alone. There's Peter Cushing in a rare non-Hammer role from the period; Ian Bannen standing out as a mixed-up guy missing both arms (!); Raymond Huntley as a bigwig; Thorley Walters and Sam Kydd as the comedy relief cops; Kenneth Griffith as a supporting scientist; Spike Milligan supplying surreal laughs; finally, Donald Pleasence as his usual sinister type. If that doesn't whet your appetite, nothing will.
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