If nothing else this quota quickie certainly has curio value; shot by a deservedly obscure director - this was only his third film and also his last - it top-billed Mary Clare in her only leading role and was one of the few times she played sympathetic and even that didn't quite come off because unfortunately Ms Clare just LOOKS sinister and is clearly unable to appear pleasant. Most viewers associate Irene Handl with the 1950s when she appeared as support in a string of comedies so it is surprising to find her in a substantial role as early as 1940 and even then this was by no means her film debut. The story, on which five people are credited, makes no attempt at realism as witness the solution to the search for a murder weapon - a vacuum cleaner - which Mrs. Pym deduces in the second reel. As I said it has curio interest only.
Review of Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard
