Just like its lead character, an American detective vacationing and solving a murder case in London, "Whispering Smith Hits London" is a film caught in limbo, somewhere between an American film noir and a British "cozy" mystery. There is a big plot twist that will be rather obvious to genre fans (the minute you hear about an "unrecogizable body", you immediately get suspicious....), but overall it's an interesting little movie. Whispering Smith himself is a pretty nondescript hero, but there are a couple of very good supporting performances by Herbert Lom and Greta Gynt; both Gynt and Rona Anderson are stunningly beautiful. **1/2 out of 4.