In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The Danziger Brothers had a dreadful reputation during the late fifties and early sixties, but this is the first of their quickies that I've seen that truly lives down to their ill repute. It's so stilted it resembles a parody, and nobody seems to have told director Montgomery Tully about the invention of the close up (it was probably shot so quickly he didn't have time for them); even the location sequences are uninteresting.Poor Carol Marsh - so memorable in 'Brighton Rock' and 'Dracula' - is left to founder by her director, and this proved to be her last film. The most suspenseful aspect of the film is whether it's going to opt for the boring option of making handsome Ronald Howard innocent after all; if he'd turned out to be guilty it might have justified the film's existence, but even the title - 'Man Accused' rather than, say 'Man Suspected' - makes it rather obvious how things are going to turn out.However I'll give it an extra star for the fact that it did deliver a few surprises towards the end; plus an observation worthy of a Harry Enfield spoof that the real jewel thief "would never trust a man who drinks or a woman. Too erratic."

"Man Accused" is a very short B movie from England starring Ronald Howard (Leslie's son) and Carol Marsh. Marsh plays a young woman about to marry Howard. She's warned by an insurance investigator that her fiancé has been engaged before, and the women are found dead from suicide and their jewels gone after he breaks up with them. Kathy (Marsh) refuses to believe any such thing, but when Bob (Howard) starts asking about her mother's jewels, she becomes nervous. The investigator agrees to stay the night near the safe - he is later found dead, the jewels gone, and Bob's alibi doesn't hold up.Though boring, it's a passable film. Marsh isn't very good. Howard didn't seem to have much in the way of range. The movie is easy to figure out.It's short and I'm kind of a sucker for these black and white English mysteries.

Girl's fiancé is set up as a jewel thief by the real thief. This is a very short very low budget silly little attempt at some mystery or film noir---it doesn't quite cut it.It was a passable way to spend an hour if your time is short.I agree with another reviewer they could have improved the story a lot. The prison escape was so silly, man it must be easy to dupe British police.I thought the nanny did it---so the plot was somewhat successful in twisting things around.Recommend if you only have an hour---I mean it is better than most of the garbage out there---still I have my standards... a 5 at best.

The Danziger Brothers were a much maligned production group making what used to be called Quota Quickies. Not all of their films were that bad and this is one of the better ones.The movie opens with the engagement party of a rich,just coming of age, heiress to an engineer who is a bit of a stranger in town.Also attending the party is the old family lawyer who brings along a friend, an insurance investigator.The insurance guy recognises the groom to be as a notorious jewel thief who operated in Latin America. And yes, the bride will be inheriting some fabulous jewels and the groom to be did indeed work in Latin America.From then on the production is not particularly original but certainly entertaining enough to keep you occcupied for the hour or so the movie lasts.