Interesting early work from director Terence Young who directed the first James Bond film Dr. No.
A scientist (John McCallum) in Norway invents a machine that converts sound-waves into electricity. The scientist initially thinks that his wife may have been kidnapped but his wife has conspired with his assistant to steal it and sell it to the Soviets. The inventor and a police officer pursue them in the icy wilderness of Lapland.
Anthony Dawson plays the treacherous assistant, he played a villain in Dr. No.
The film starts out as a cold war espionage thriller then becomes a survival film with bears, wolves and eagles. Yet with Jack Warner as Inspector Peterson who plays disbelieving policeman at first it becomes a police procedural until he joins the scientist in the hunt.
This is an unusual British B film for the time, it shifts focus too many times and by the end has lost the plot somewhat. It does not help that film has little tension and the leads are rather wooden.
Still it is worthwhile to spot early parts for the likes of Christoper Lee and see how the director's subsequent career was shaped.
A scientist (John McCallum) in Norway invents a machine that converts sound-waves into electricity. The scientist initially thinks that his wife may have been kidnapped but his wife has conspired with his assistant to steal it and sell it to the Soviets. The inventor and a police officer pursue them in the icy wilderness of Lapland.
Anthony Dawson plays the treacherous assistant, he played a villain in Dr. No.
The film starts out as a cold war espionage thriller then becomes a survival film with bears, wolves and eagles. Yet with Jack Warner as Inspector Peterson who plays disbelieving policeman at first it becomes a police procedural until he joins the scientist in the hunt.
This is an unusual British B film for the time, it shifts focus too many times and by the end has lost the plot somewhat. It does not help that film has little tension and the leads are rather wooden.
Still it is worthwhile to spot early parts for the likes of Christoper Lee and see how the director's subsequent career was shaped.