Soho Incident
1956 British film by Vernon Sewell
- March 1956 (1956-03) (United Kingdom)
- October 1956 (1956-10) (United States)
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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 is based on the 1937 novel Wide Boys Never Work by Robert Westerby.
Plot
Jim 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
- 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
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A competent and fast-moving gang film, with some excellent location glimpses of Soho by night and day."[2]
References
- ^ "Soho Incident". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Soho Incident". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 23 (264): 49. 1 January 1956 – via ProQuest.
External links
- Soho Incident at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Soho Incident at IMDb
- Soho Incident at AllMovie
- Soho Incident then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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Films directed by Vernon Sewell
- Morgenrot (1933)
- The Silver Fleet (1943)
- The World Owes Me a Living (1945)
- Latin Quarter (1945)
- The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)
- Uneasy Terms (1948)
- The Jack of Diamonds (1949)
- The Dark Light (1951)
- The Black Widow (1951)
- The Floating Dutchman (1952)
- Ghost Ship (1952)
- Counterspy (1953)
- Dangerous Voyage (1954)
- Radio Cab Murder (1954)
- Where There's a Will (1955)
- Johnny, You're Wanted (1956)
- Soho Incident (1956)
- Home and Away (1956)
- Rogue's Yarn (1957)
- Battle of the V-1 (1958)
- Wrong Number (1959)
- Urge to Kill (1960)
- House of Mystery (1961)
- The Wind of Change (1961)
- The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
- Strongroom (1962)
- A Matter of Choice (1963)
- Strictly for the Birds (1964)
- Some May Live (1967)
- The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
- Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
- Burke & Hare (1972)
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