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Part of my 1960s viewing collection, Blind Corner was released in 1963. A British crime film it starred William Sylvester (Danger Man, Ghost Squad, The Prisoner), Barbara Shelley (the first leading lady of British horror), Elizabeth Shepherd (briefly Emma Peel), and Alexander Davion (Gideon’s Way). The film’s tag line - She loved one man for kicks, one man for luxury, one man for murder.
The story is about Anne (Barbara Shelley) who is married to a blind composer (William Sylvester). She loves the composer’s money, but prefers to be with her lovers, played by Alexander Davion and Mark Eden. To complicate matters, the composer’s secretary - Elizabeth Shepherd - fancies him.
Blind Corner is a sensual film - the lead female character is in relationships with three men, so it has to be, and the film must hold the record for most screen kisses per minute, but there’s nothing there to frighten the censors. That said, it does offer an overture to the liberated world of the Swinging Sixties.
William Sylvester’s character wants to write symphonies, but he’s making good money writing pop songs. The film hints that pop music might be a passing fad, and there’s a throwaway line in the recording studio mentioning “Liverpool accents”, obviously a reference to the emerging Mersey Sound.
Blind Corner holds no pretensions to be a great work of art, but it is an intriguing thriller, a good example of early 1960s British ‘B’ films.
@HannahHowe Barbara Shelley is a really strong actress although a lot of her Hammer scripts didn't really do her justice, so I will look out for this film.