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An American private eye investigates a European crime wave.
With his female assistant in tow the wisecracking private eye follows a trail of corpses around Europe, confronting a sinister criminal network which will stop at nothing, causing a huge train crash to cover their crimes.
An adaptation of Arnold Ridley’s story ‘The Wrecker’.
With his female assistant in tow the wisecracking private eye follows a trail of corpses around Europe, confronting a sinister criminal network which will stop at nothing, causing a huge train crash to cover their crimes.
An adaptation of Arnold Ridley’s story ‘The Wrecker’.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Harwood, an American detective, meets a man called Wagner in Nice. Later that night Wagner is found dead. His body disappears, only to be found in the wreckage of a train in which Harwood and insurance investigator Caryl Fenton are travelling. ...Seven Sinners (1936) ( Doomed Cargo ) ( The Wrecker )
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1936's British comedy-thriller Seven Sinners aka Doomed Cargo plays like the missing link between The Thin Man and The Lady Vanishes. There's certainly more than a touch of the Nick and Noras about Edmund Lowe and Constance Cummings as the two bantering investigators caught up in the hunt for a madman with a penchant for staging train crashes on both sides of the English Channel to hide his murders ("Who'd look for a single leaf in a forest?"), and despite the American leads there's more than a hint of Hitchcock to come in Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat's screenplay (with additional input from Austin Melford and the wondrously named L. du Garde Peach). Adapted from a play by Arnold Ridley, author of The Ghost Train but better known today as Godfrey from Dad's Army, and Bernard Merivale, it had already been filmed before as 1929's silent The Wrecker, which staged a real train crash for its big setpiece, outtakes from which feature in this version as well. Moving along at a brisk 67 minutes and directed with polish by the forgotten Albert de Courville, it may lack star power for modern audiences, but it's an enjoyable diversion that doesn't take itself too seriously and throws in a sly Maguffin involving a peace movement. One small caveat: there only seem to be six sinners - unless you count the hero and heroine, which would make eight.
No extras but a decent transfer once you get past the rather soft opening reel.
No extras but a decent transfer once you get past the rather soft opening reel.
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A Little British Gem
4 April 2010
"We want to get married--the children insisted on it."
This shockingly little known and unfairly neglected British film from the same screenwriters as Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes offers just as much fun as the aforementioned. Finding a little gem like this one is why film buffs keep looking through rare video catalogs and scouring secondhand stores; for that golden moment you discover a gemstone of such exceptional quality it makes it worth the effort. Seven Sinners is such a film.
Edmund Lowe and Constance Cummings are delightful fun as a Pinkerton detective on holiday and a lovely insurance investigator who find themselves caught up with international saboteurs at Carnival in Nice. Harwood (Lowe) is having great fun on vacation when he discovers a dead man in the hotel room next to his. Beautiful insurance gal Caryl Fenton (Cummings) hooks up with the partying detective around this time on another matter which takes a back seat when Harwood can't get anyone to believe him when the body in question disappears!
There is some sparkling banter and wit exchanged between Harwood and the lovely Caryl as he attempts to discover who the man was. When the Paris Express is wrecked, taking dozens of lives, the fun takes a serious turn. Harwood discovers the man's body in the wreckage, suspecting all this was done to cover up one murder. The couple must use clues in a picture to track those from an organization known as The Pilgrims of Peace and soon the hunters become the hunted.
Lowe is excellent and Constance Cummings fabulous as they race along after clues and sparks fly between them. It has a charming feel found in many of Hitchcock's best during his British period. Albert De Courville's direction juggles romance and danger perfectly while the photography of M. Greenbrum gives the film a touch of class. This is a region 2 DVD so a region-free player is required if not in that region. It is available in NTSC format vhs, however. Do not be confused by the titles in parenthesis; Doomed Cargo and The Wrecker are alternate titles used for this little gem. There is a marvelous ending which every film lover will adore, making this a real favorite. A terrific find!
This shockingly little known and unfairly neglected British film from the same screenwriters as Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes offers just as much fun as the aforementioned. Finding a little gem like this one is why film buffs keep looking through rare video catalogs and scouring secondhand stores; for that golden moment you discover a gemstone of such exceptional quality it makes it worth the effort. Seven Sinners is such a film.
Edmund Lowe and Constance Cummings are delightful fun as a Pinkerton detective on holiday and a lovely insurance investigator who find themselves caught up with international saboteurs at Carnival in Nice. Harwood (Lowe) is having great fun on vacation when he discovers a dead man in the hotel room next to his. Beautiful insurance gal Caryl Fenton (Cummings) hooks up with the partying detective around this time on another matter which takes a back seat when Harwood can't get anyone to believe him when the body in question disappears!
There is some sparkling banter and wit exchanged between Harwood and the lovely Caryl as he attempts to discover who the man was. When the Paris Express is wrecked, taking dozens of lives, the fun takes a serious turn. Harwood discovers the man's body in the wreckage, suspecting all this was done to cover up one murder. The couple must use clues in a picture to track those from an organization known as The Pilgrims of Peace and soon the hunters become the hunted.
Lowe is excellent and Constance Cummings fabulous as they race along after clues and sparks fly between them. It has a charming feel found in many of Hitchcock's best during his British period. Albert De Courville's direction juggles romance and danger perfectly while the photography of M. Greenbrum gives the film a touch of class. This is a region 2 DVD so a region-free player is required if not in that region. It is available in NTSC format vhs, however. Do not be confused by the titles in parenthesis; Doomed Cargo and The Wrecker are alternate titles used for this little gem. There is a marvelous ending which every film lover will adore, making this a real favorite. A terrific find!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Seven Sinners (1936)
30 Nov 1999
A smart-alec PI and an insurance investigator look into a series of train wrecks and disappearing corpses. Clever dialog, likeable stars.
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