Alastair does not appear to have quite found his stride in this film and still seems to be learning on the job. His vocal delivery is slightly more hurried and, possibly due to early sound recording limitations, at a slightly different pitch. He appears to overact in a number of scenes; whilst this is not too detrimental to the film as a whole it is certainly not the acting perfection he would bring to later films even in the briefest cameo roles.

The DVD cover states "Alastair Sim at his most sinister" but this is simply not the true. The character Alastair plays, Mr. Cutte, is certainly a rogue but is actually quite affable. He even teams up with Flanagan & Allen at the end of the film. For "sinister" see London Belongs To Me.