Soho Incident
| Soho Incident | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Vernon Sewell |
| Produced by |
M. J. Frankovich George Maynard |
| Written by | Ian Stuart Black |
| Story by | Robert Westerby (novel) |
| Starring |
Faith Domergue Lee Patterson |
| Music by | Robert Sharples |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
| Edited by | Peter Rolfe Johnson |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | 1956 |
Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Soho Incident, released in the United States as Spin a Dark Web, is a 1956 British film noir directed by Vernon Sewell starring Faith Domergue and Lee Patterson.[1]
The screenplay is based on Wide Boys Never Work, a novel by Robert Westerby.
Plot
Jim Bankley (Patterson) a Canadian veteran living in London, is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He falls in love with Bella Francesi (Domergue), sister of local Sicilian mob leader Rico Francesi (Benson), and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him, and determines to escape the gang - but things don't turn out the way he planned.
Cast
- 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
- Bernard Fox as McLeod
References
External links
- Soho Incident at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Soho Incident at the Internet Movie Database
- Soho Incident at AllMovie
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