Some children are playing in one of the old bombed out sites around London when 10-year old John Whiteley discovers a gun. The other children want to see it, but he holds onto it, and shoots another of the children. Terrified, he runs away. Soon, Scotland Yard inspector Herbert Marshall has called in US Army officer Steve Cochran to see if this has anything to do with a war time murder. Whiteley's mother, Lizabeth Scott, is worried. So is the man who used to gun to kill a man.
It's a nicely timed story that gradually grows in speed and tension under the direction of directors Val Guest and Hal E. Chester. Never more than a programmer, it offers a nice portrait of a youngster who thinks that he is in a lot of trouble.
It's a nicely timed story that gradually grows in speed and tension under the direction of directors Val Guest and Hal E. Chester. Never more than a programmer, it offers a nice portrait of a youngster who thinks that he is in a lot of trouble.