Fletcher Gilchrist offers £100 to anyone who will break into a house. Journalist Mike Harvey accepts the bet but he and another man are caught when the latter murders the owner of the house. Harvey escapes custody, determined to seek revenge on Gilchrist.
Kine Weekly wrote: "The film does not aim high, but it gets around and ends on a tense note. Sidney Tafler, as the evil Fletcher, hasn't the biggest part, but he is easily the most impressive of the cast. He really makes his presence felt and holds the drama together. Authentic backgrounds effectively round off colourful tabloid thick ear."[5]
Picture Show wrote: "Rather far-fetched but quite thrilling melodrama .... Authentic settings help along its reality."[6]
Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film call it "a talky noir melodrama."[1]
