williamkenny-62129 Review of Jailbreak

Jailbreak (1962)

Brit crime potboiler not in the same league as, say, Payroll but a decent supporting feature

[6/10 · 2 February 2021]

Starts very promisingly, with brothers and their dear old mum running a low-rent crime empire from a newsagents. One brother gets himself incarcerated, but mummy and sonny won't let that small detail get in the way of their plans for a heist. Fast moving and funny, this is good undemanding fun, though it does go a bit flat toward the end, with the interesting crooks inevitably comin a-cropper, the dull just-fell-in-with-the-wrong-crowd lad getting the girl, and much 'there we have it, support your local bobby, we're human too, you know, evening all, etc.' in the final reel