[1][2] It was produced by Anthony Hinds for Hammer Films and written by Jimmy Sangster (his first script[3]) adapted from the story "Chance At the Wheel" by Victor Canning.

Looking for assistance, Max stumbles across the empty house occupied by the reclusive Carter, a blind alcoholic, and former doctor.

Returning shortly afterwards, he discovers his unwanted guest, and the two men talk and drink, though Carter does not reveal his loss of sight, nor Max realise it.

"[4] Kine Weekly wrote: "Michael Medwin and Donald Wolfit fill the roles of crook and sawbones respectively and subtly amplify the playlet's irony.

[6] David Caute in his study of Losey writes that viewing the film "is a misfortune – its twenty nine minutes weigh like sixty" whose "dialogue and action are equally amateurish, inconsistent, awful.

"[7] Wheeler Winston Dixon wrote: "Immaculately photographed by Wilkie Cooper, this peculiar and atmospheric caper film ... offers an interesting hint as to Losey's future direction in British cinema.