23rd October 2017, 07:35 PM
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The Big Switch (1968)
Pete Walker's earlier gangster effort see's playboy / hard dude, John Carter (sadly not from Mars) lose his job, get framed for a girls murder and then get blackmailed by the London mob to travel to Brighton to do a 'job' for them.
The Big Switch aka Strip Poker is i feel a more focused effort from Walker than Man of Violence. Be it more focused on sex and violence but hey, whatever! Although it keeps the glitzy yet seedy London club locations it really switches gear when Carter (Sebastian Breaks) travels to Brighton with mob 'dollybird' Karen (Virginia Wetherell). The Brighton pier locations in winter are cold and decidedly bleak, the out of season arcades reminding me of Carnival of Souls rather than any sort of classy tourist locale, and it all culminates in a shoot out in a penny arcade.
The Big Switch is a film full of violence and nudity and deserves more of an audience than it currently has, an audience which probably wear long cream mac coats when they visit movies.
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