▁O wen ▁- ▁S ally ▁Martin ▁▁ ▁Hugh ▁Lat imer ▁- ▁Bill ▁Re id ▁▁ ▁D anny ▁Green ▁- ▁Price ▁▁ ▁Campbell ▁S inger ▁- ▁Ins pect or ▁Sp ed ding ▁▁ ▁John ▁Kelly ▁- ▁Police ▁Const able ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁The ▁Radio ▁Times ▁wrote , ▁" this ▁is ▁Ham mer ▁h ok um ▁of ▁the ▁ho ari est ▁kind . ▁There ▁isn ' t ▁a ▁s embl ance ▁of ▁susp ense ... Not ▁even ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁j ew el ▁th ieves ▁at ▁the ▁ha unted ▁house ... can ▁rev ive ▁one ' s ▁fast - f ading ▁interest . ▁However , ▁there ▁is ▁one ▁good ▁whe e ze , ▁during ▁the ▁credit ▁sequence , ▁when ▁director ▁Francis ▁S ear le ▁reve als ▁that ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁house ▁is ▁merely ▁a ▁flat ▁piece ▁of ▁scen ery ▁ere cted ▁in ▁a ▁field "; ▁and ▁Fant astic ▁Movie ▁Mus ings ▁& ▁R amb lings ▁concluded , ▁" it ▁isn ' t ▁much ▁of ▁a ▁movie , ▁but ▁if ▁you ▁take ▁it ▁for ▁what ▁it ▁is ▁( a ▁late - period ▁old ▁dark ▁house ▁variant ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁stage ▁play ), ▁it ▁has ▁its ▁uses . ▁There ▁are ▁a ▁few ▁m ild ly ▁am using ▁j okes ▁and ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁decent ▁plot ▁tw ists , ▁which ▁is ▁more ▁than ▁some ▁examples ▁of ▁this ▁genre ▁have ." ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 5 0 ▁films ▁Category : B rit ish ▁films ▁Category : B rit ish ▁crime