Soho Incident, released in the United States as Spin a Dark Web, is a 1956 British film noir directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Faith Domergue and Lee Patterson.[1] The screenplay by Ian Stuart Black is based on the 1937 novel Wide Boys Never Work by Robert Westerby.
| Soho Incident | |
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| Directed by | Vernon Sewell |
| Screenplay by | Ian Stuart Black |
| Based on | Robert Westerby (based on the novel) ("Wide Boys Never Work") |
| Produced by | M. J. Frankovich George Maynard |
| Starring | Faith Domergue Lee Patterson |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
| Edited by | Peter Rolfe Johnson |
| Music by | Robert Sharples |
Production company | Frankovich Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editJim Bankley a Canadian veteran living in London, is trying without much luck to succeed as a prizefighter. Through an old army buddy, he meets and begins working for the local Sicilian mob leader Rico Francesi. Bankley falls in love with Rico's sister, the vile Bella Francesi; she soon draws him deeper into the gang's activities. When he finds himself pulled into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him and determines to escape the gang – but things are extremely complicated.
Cast
edit- Faith Domergue as Bella Francesi
- Lee Patterson as Jim Bankley
- Rona Anderson as Betty Walker
- Martin Benson as Rico Francesi
- Robert Arden as Buddy
- Joss Ambler as Tom Walker
- Peter Hammond as Bill Walker
- Peter Burton as Inspector Collis
- Sam Kydd as Sam
- Russell Westwood as Mick
- Patricia Ryan as Audrey
- Bernard Fox as McLeod
Critical reception
editThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A competent and fast-moving gang film, with some excellent location glimpses of Soho by night and day."[2]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Standard thriller of fair pace and good backgrounds."[3]
References
edit- ^ "Soho Incident". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Soho Incident". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 23 (264): 49. 1 January 1956. ProQuest 1305816716 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 376. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
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