Missing, Believed Lost - The Rasp
From Missing, Believed Lost, BFI Publishing, 1992
Pleased with the way that his story Rynox had been handled by
Powell, thriller-writer Philip MacDonald continued the association on
The Rasp. In this featurette a cabinet minister is killed with
a rasp at his country home. MacDonald's sleuth of a journalist
Anthony Gethryn tricks the killer into a confession, providing his
newspaper with a scoop.
'Just another murder mystery,' declared The Bioscope, 'and
while there is a certain amount of mystery as to the perpetrator of
the deed, the events which lead up to the solution and arrest of
the culprit are such as to convince only the more easily interested
patron.' The reviewer was offended by the film's customary portrayal
of Scotland Yad as dimwitted and demanded to know when this
'unjustifiable slur' on the British police would cease.
Kine Weely commented: 'In tackling a murder mystery drama,
in which a newspaperman is involved, Michael Powell, the director,
has butted in on America's favourite theme, and this effort,
although moderately good, suffers in comparison. However, the
atmosphere is refreshingly English, and there remains sufficient
to entertain the unsophisticated.'
This film is "Missing, Believed Lost", please check all achives
and attics.
Back to index
