David sets out on a night of potential passion, wishing to ensure that he does not die a virgin before his next and final flying mission the following day.

He meets an attractive young woman at a dance, but when she takes him home her male accomplices mug him, stealing his money.

Don Borisenko's imitation Brando performance would have seemed gratuitous five years ago; and the film's determination to eschew obvious sensationalism leads to the other extreme and the kind of grey, almost comatose tedium one associates with wartime propaganda tracts on sexual hygiene.

In this respect Susan Hampshire's simple account of Jean, the girl willing to give herself to the frightened boy if it will help him solve his problems, is of great assistance.

"[3] Kine Weekly wrote: "The picture ... contains one torrid scene in a whore's bedroom, but once David and Jean meet, the seamy and the sensational are discarded and significant drama emerges.