The 1968 film at least has Beryl Reid, who could even have lit up the kind of third-tier Carry On affair Frank Marcus's flat script often resembles, as well as documentary-value scenes of the famous lesbian Gateways club in Chelsea. Without anything of its period creepiness and with every sign of catastrophic casting, director Iqbal Khan's attempt to drag the drama out of its swamp is doomed. Worst of all, the bigges…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:42AM on October 9, 2011