Historical accuracies aside, a first class cast and adequate directions provide an interesting diversion for the duration of this film.
The film, especially in B&W, has a claustrophobic feel of foreboding.
That being said, there are some inaccuracies, a major one being that Crippen and his wife were Americans, and there's zero trace of that in Coral Brown's accent not detectably in Pleasance's. Pleasance was absolutely a wonderful actor, but his ability to do an American accent was never good (see his Dr. Loomis in Halloween) and I'm wondering whether that had something to do with his not bothering trying.
As a piece of acting, certainly nothing bad and imminently watchable.
The film, especially in B&W, has a claustrophobic feel of foreboding.
That being said, there are some inaccuracies, a major one being that Crippen and his wife were Americans, and there's zero trace of that in Coral Brown's accent not detectably in Pleasance's. Pleasance was absolutely a wonderful actor, but his ability to do an American accent was never good (see his Dr. Loomis in Halloween) and I'm wondering whether that had something to do with his not bothering trying.
As a piece of acting, certainly nothing bad and imminently watchable.