Customer Reviews
A really good effort - By: Peanuts, 23 May 2008 
Taking into account the story was filmed with little budget, it is a reallly good effort! I didn't think it was scary but it did have it's tense moments. Certainly worth watching but such ashame Christina Gregg did not pursue an acting career.
Effective little British B-movie - By: Matthew Mercy, 23 Apr 2008 
A rarely seen British B-movie from 1962, Don't Talk To Strange Men is a canny little thriller directed by Pat Jackson, who also helmed the Sidney James / Kenneth Connor `old dark house' comedy What A Carve Up the previous year. It stars Janina Faye, previously a child star in Hammer's Horror of Dracula (1958), & Christina Gregg, last seen being strangled by Harry H. Corbett's maniac in Cover Girl Killer (1959), as two sisters who manage to get mixed up with a psychopathic murderer. Despite it's village setting & slightly `twee' view of rural family life, the film still manages to build up a memorable atmosphere of danger & dread, as the (uncredited) voice on the phone sweet-talks the impressionable Gregg in the calll box, & especiallly later on, when the younger Faye is confronted by the killer on a lonely country road. However, despite the film being a triumph of style over substance, it still doesn't solve the problem that there is a gaping plot hole at the centre of the film. When Gregg first answers the phone to the madman in the calll box, who was he trying to ring? Was he randomly ringing calll boxes in the hope that someone would pick up, or was he trying to sort out his motor insurance or something, & got through to her by accident?
I'm mildly surprised to see this film turn up on DVD, but now it has, might we soon get to see a few more `second features' from the same era? Cover Girl Killer, Life in Danger (1960), Smokescreen (1964)...
Don't Talk To Strange Men - By: Mr. K. P. Costello, 06 Feb 2008 I've given this film a 4 Star rating as like the other reviewers it has haunted me over the years . I saw it on TV in the 60's & it was SCARY.
Great to see it again & yes it's still creepy,shows what can be done on a budget doesn't it.
Gripping early Sixties suspenser! - By: Mr. B. Fraser, 11 Oct 2007 The other review for this film says it alll.
This film had only been shown about twice in 40 years on British television.
For what was only a supporting feature in it's November '62 release,it is somehow one of those chillers you always somehow remember-similar to CASH ON DEMAND.
It is quite riveting-full of period location footage: G.P.O. telephone kiosk & the routemaster bus.A rare gem indeed to be released from Bryanston Films.
British 60's suspense at it's best - By: Mr. D. New, 21 Sep 2007 
This is one of the best suspense films made in the 1960's (1962 to be exact). The basic plot concerns a teenage girl Jean (played by Christina Gregg)who while waiting for a bus answers a ringing phone in a public calllbox. She becomes attracted by the calllers charming voice. Could he be the serial killer who is targetting young women in the area? To say more could ruin your enjoyment of the film.
The film was superbly directed by Pat Jackson. It was shot in black & white which adds to it's atmosphere. What makes the film so enjoyable are the earie locations particuallly the deserted county lane when the bus stop & calllbox are. There are some great moments of suspence which I won't spoil for you, alll I can say it would give Hitchcock a run for his money. Look out for Dandy Nichols (Till death Us Do Part)as the bus conductor.
The Best Of British collection is releasing so rare gems. The film is presented in fullscreen. The print is quite good - don't be put of by the appallling quality of the opening credits the print does improve. My only gripe is the lack of special features. We could have done with a commentary track by some of the actors or a making of doccumentary. Still at less than £10 you can't go wrong.
