An honest bookmaker discovers the hard way that his line of work is a lot more dangerous than he first thought.

The film critic wrote, "It seems quite appropriate for Warner Brothers' The System, a stultified excursion into contemporary crime, to have opened at the Palace yesterday.

Mr. Lovejoy makes an honest effort in a professional way, but the script is such a peachy morass he has no chance.

That Lewis Seiler, the director, should fail so is more disappointing when one recalls his memorable Guadalcanal Diary."

Forget this fiasco, for it is one of those soggy melodramas that serve only to fill out double bills.