Sidney Tafler plays the eponymous wide boy.It was another term for a spin.Private Walker in Dads Army is such a character.Living by their wits and dealing in the black market,which was still thriving at the time of this film due to rationing.Poor old Sidney is fed up with having his collar felt by the law for illegal street trading.Short of money his opportunistic theft of a wallet from a ladies bag yields more than money.Conveniently the lady has kept a compromising letter.This gives Sidney the chance to blackmail her famous surgeon lover.The surgeon pays the blackmail but doesn't get the letter.Sydney tries it again but ends up murdering the victim.Sydney falls to his death in a very tense ending.This is a great B film with fine performances.
Review of Wide Boy
