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Steineded How sad is this?

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Leofwine_draca TIME LOCK is a decent little thriller made by the British team of Gerald Thomas and Peter Rogers before they became almost exclusively linked to the Carry On series of films. This is an adroit B-picture with a short running time and fast pace. The story is a simple one but keeps you gripped thanks to the solid writing and suspense inherent in the premise.The tale is set in Canada for no good reason and involves a kid accidentally being locked in a bank vault with a time lock which means it can't be opened until after the weekend. Unfortunately, the boy has only 10 hours of air left inside the vault. The rest of the story chronicles the efforts of those outside to rescue him, and involves the usual engineering problems and races against time.I like the fact that this film is grounded in reality and thus feels realistic throughout. There isn't one lead actor of sorts but those at the forefront put in solid and believable turns, like Robert Beatty as the no-nonsense rescuer and Lee Patterson as the distraught father. Sean Connery notably features in support as one of the workmen and doesn't have much dialogue but hangs around in the background a lot. TIME LOCK is no classic and was never meant to be, but for a B-feature it does its job nicely.

sharpe04 I remember seeing this movie on TV in the USA in 1961 when I was a nipper, it's always stuck in my mind, I have no idea why. Watched it again recently on TV, probably in the small hours, must've had insomnia. Not the worst 1950s B feature I've ever seen.Reference the helicopter, as the film was made in the UK I'm pretty sure it was G-AKFB, with the registration crudely altered to a Canadian one. There were only 3 Bell 47s around in the forties/fifties according to the UK register, the only one apparently airworthy in 1957 was this one, which was then owned by BEA Helicopters. It was built in 1947 and was finally withdrawn from use in 1967, not a bad age for an early helicopter. I must get out more!

Skint111 This is actually a pretty good thriller that benefits from the no-nonsense, fact-based dialogue and avoids sentimentality for the most part. Technically it's nothing remarkable and yes, the actors are largely undistinguished, but the story is developed in a pleasing and suspenseful way. Another reviewer's remark on this page that the film doesn't work because the child is unappealing is somewhat bizarre. The kid is on screen for all of two minutes and has but a few words of dialogue. And he's actually a cute little fella too, making you root for his rescue.In summary then, this is a movie which had the likes of Hitchcock or another of the greats directed it, have been a classic. Instead it's an enjoyable way to spend an hour and a bit in front of the telly - especially if you, say, find yourself off work ill one afternoon.

JAYLBEE Happened to (accidently) see this travesty on UK TV a few days ago. It might have been better if the audiences had been locked in the bank vault and the actors (I use the word actor in its loosest context) left outside to get on with it. This film can be bracketed with 'Plan B from outer space ' as the joint worst films of all time. Their is no aspect of this film (even allowing for its age) for which (search as I may) I can find any redeeming feature. Ghastly dialogue,, wooden acting and risible photography all vie with each other to win the prize of supreme awfulness. A story line which defies belief and a child 'star' of somewhat limited intelligence and mind-numbing mediocrity, not to mention a character which qualifies as an irritant of the first magnitude - see it at your peril, there is no known antidote !