Jonathan Moore

With intel about an impending nuclear attack in London, a junior politician flees to an underground bunker that becomes a target for escaped convicts.

Based on Émile Zola's La Bête Humaine, this stylish film noir is set in Britain during the Blitz. Ruben Roberts discovers he owes everything - job and home - to the sexual favors forced upon his wife by her rich and powerful godfather. Assisted by his wife, Ruben murders him on the Brighton Express. A witness has to be silenced...

Set in the sophisticated world of art and publishing, Robert Hays plays a dual role as befuddled mystery writer and his rough and tumble creation.