"The first of only three films made by a potentially major new director, who was killed in the early days of World War II. With its sleazy depiction of the small-time racketeering surrounding British boxing somewhat hampered by a budget which didn't allow for stylisation of design and sets, it's an offbeat and praiseworthy attempt to do something quite different, and helps set the stamp of realism which was to become the Ealing trademark in just a few years." --W.K.E.