Wide Boy (film)

Wide Boy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ken Hughes
Produced by	William H. Williams executive Nat Cohen Stuart Levy
Written by	William Fairchild (uncredited)
Based on	an original story by Rex Rienits
Starring	Susan Shaw Sydney Tafler Ronald Howard
Music by	Eric Spear
Cinematography	Josef Ambor
Edited by	Geoffrey Muller
Production company	Merton Park Studios
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated (UK)
Release dates	April 1952
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Wide Boy is a 1952 British crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Susan Shaw, Sydney Tafler and Ronald Howard.^[1]

It was Hughes' feature directorial debut.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Black marketeer Benny winds up blackmailing a surgeon.

Cast

Sydney Tafler - Benny
Susan Shaw - Molly
Ronald Howard - Inspector Carson
Melissa Stribling - Caroline
Colin Tapley - Mannering
Laidman Browne - Pop
Gerald Case - Detective Sgt Stott
Glyn Houston - George
Ian Wallace - Mario
Dorothy Bramhall - Felicity
Martin Benson - Rocco
Helen Christie - Sally
Peggy Banks - Receptionist

Production

The story was by Rex Rienits who used it for a radio play and a novel.The radio play was meant to be broadcast in 1952 but this was delayed due to concerns by the BBC about its subject matter.^[4]

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/58054
↑ Ken Hughes Obituary, Variety, 1 May 2001 accessed 26 June 2014
↑ Ken Hughes Obituary, Telegraph 1 May 2001
↑ "BROADCAST OF PLAY CANCELLED.". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 7 February 1952. p. 9. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

External links

Wide Boy at the Internet Movie Database
Wide Boy at AllMovie
Wide Boy at BFI Screenonline

Films directed by Ken Hughes

Wide Boy (1952)
The Drayton Case (1953)
Black 13 (1953)
The Dark Stairway (1953)
The House Across the Lake (1954)
The Brain Machine (1955)
Little Red Monkey (1955)
Confession (1955)
Timeslip (1955)
Joe MacBeth (1955)
Murder Anonymous (1955)
Wicked as They Come (1956)
The Long Haul (1957)
Jazz Boat (1960)
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
In the Nick (1960)
The Small World of Sammy Lee (1963)
Of Human Bondage (1964)
Drop Dead Darling (1966)
Casino Royale (1967)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Cromwell (1970)
The Internecine Project (1974)
Alfie Darling (1975)
Sextette (1978)
Night School (1981)

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