[2] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios.

Hard-up journalists David Jones and Johnnie Gordon decide to play a hoax, faking a murder to highlight the danger of circumstantial evidence in the criminal justice system.

Gordon is trapped in a wooden chest in the boot of a stolen car, whereabouts unknown.

Panicking that Gordon will suffocate, Jones goes to the police, who think the entire story is a lie.

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Competently acted and presented, this B picture impresses most through Donal Giltinan's quite inventive though highly improbable story, which manages to keep the fairly intricate plot unentangled, even if there is something a little glib about the ending.