Lost

LOST (Guy Green, 1956) (aka Tears For Simon)

David Knight, Julia Arnall, David Farrar, Anthony Oliver, Eleanor Summerfield, Thora Hird, Marjorie Rhodes, Meredith Edwards, Shirley Anne Field, Freda Bamford, Robert Brown, Fanny Carby, Cyril Chamberlain, Peggy Ann Clifford, Guy Deghy, Percy Herbert, Joan Hickson, Glyn Houston, Jack Lambert, Arthur Lovegrove, William Lucas, Charlotte Mitchell, Hugh Morton, Dandy Nichols, Joan Sims, Ewen Solon, Marianne Stone, Mona Washbourne, John Welsh, Barbara Windsor, George Woodbridge.

All things considered, Lost is a highly watchable film, most particularly for those of us who enjoy British character actors because its full of them. This tale of an abducted child follows familiar, well-trodden plot...

I kind of wished that this had been in black and white - it would certainly have helped inject a bit more suspense into this quite quirky tale of the investigation into the kidnap of a young child from his pram outside a chemist's shop. The parents - David Knight and Julia Arnall give reasonable performances as the despairing parents and David Farrar is effective, if not exactly exuberant, as "Insp. Craig" leading the team on the case. It's got a few underlying storylines aside from the obvious ransom theory and we do actually get some sense of just what these (or any) parents might do to recover their child. The ending is actually a little sad adding an extra layer of authenticity to it and we even get a very early glimpse of Shirley Anne Field, too.