Third Party Risk

Third Party Risk is a 1954 second feature[1] British crime drama film directed by Daniel Birt and starring Lloyd Bridges, Simone Silva and Finlay Currie.

When he reports the attack, a local police inspector and hotel guest Darius both tell him that since his discharge from the RAF, Tony has become embroiled in suspicious and probably criminal activities and has been under surveillance.

[citation needed] In a contemporary reviewThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "There are disconcerting echoes from what may well have been an interesting book by Nicholas Bentley – an occasional line of dialogue giving a clue to character unrealised, dramatic irony felt at several removes – but unimaginative direction and handling of the Spanish scene and routine performances make this a somewhat dismal production.

Lloyd Bridges and Maureen Swanson cope adequately with the leading roles, but Finlay Currie gives a curiously negative performance as Darius.

... As for the acting, Lloyd Bridges makes the best of a ticklish assignment as Philip, but Finlay Currie, Maureen Swanson, Ferdy Mayne, and the rest, seldom get a break.