The Long Short Cut is the sharpest Garve in some time in which Michael Bliss, who lives by his wits, and Corinne Lake, equally attractive and unscrupulous, collaborate...to get their hands on a financier's misappropriated two million pounds by offering him a passport and safe conduct (in a box) to France, while securing simultaneous protection from the police after Bliss turns state's evidence. It's a resilient, resourceful confidence game-a pleasant way to be taken advantage of.