The Weapon

A neat suspense story about a youngster, Whiteley, who accidentally shoots his playmate with a gun he finds, then hides the weapon and runs away. The gun turns out to be the murder weapon in a case involving a US Army officer 10 years earlier. CID officer Cochran is in pursuit of the boy, as is the murderer of the Army man. The killer tries to force the boy to dig up the weapon but has to flee when Cochran closes in. The chase leads to a gutted building, and the killer falls to his death. A well-crafted, energetic thriller.