Nowhere to Go

A professional thief is broken out of prison with the help of a new partner. The partner's intentions are not clear; what he really wants to know is where the man hid what was left of the haul. The escape does not go as planned, and the man turns into a stranger in London with both the police and his own circle after him. Everyone he could ask for help is in a position to give him away. Seth Holt's first film as a director is counted among the hardest examples of British noir. That it came out of Ealing, a studio known for its comedies, makes its coldness stand out further. Maggie Smith makes her screen debut here. George Nader plays the fugitive, and the telling neither pities nor forgives him. London's streets and derelict buildings give the film a documentary texture.