[4] In an effort to improve relations between a US air force base and the people of the small English town nearby, airman Sergeant Jimmy Bradford organises a school trip to see the pantomime Mother Goose.

Mrs Lloyd's young son, Tommy, who is one of Ann's pupils, unknowingly holds the vital clue to the murderer's identity.

[2] Monthly Film Bulletin said "This is a neatly plotted thriller, partly location-made and managing, within its modest ambitions and running time, to tell its story concisely and on very acceptable human terms.

Dialogue, details of staging and playing, the amused look at a provincial pantomime, are all that much fresher and livelier than usual, though the direction itself has only a journeyman adequacy.

They called it "exceptionally proficient" and noted that the critics Penelope Gilliatt and Dilys Powell had also praised it at the time of its release.