Noose (1948 film)
| Noose | |
|---|---|
 US theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Edmond T. Gréville |
| Written by | Richard Llewellyn (play and screenplay) |
| Produced by | Edward Dryhurst |
| Starring | Carole Landis Derek Farr Joseph Calleia Stanley Holloway Nigel Patrick |
| Cinematography | Hone Glendining |
| Edited by | David Newhouse |
| Music by | Charles Williams |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Pathé Pictures |
Release date | 28 September 1948 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £163,159 (UK)[1] |
Noose, released in the United States as The Silk Noose, is a 1948 British crime film, directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia, and Derek Farr.[2]
It was shot at Teddington Studios with sets designed by the art director Bernard Robinson.
Plot[]
Set in post-Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancé and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. The normally gentlemanly and urbane Nigel Patrick is cast as a cockney spiv.
Cast[]
- Carole Landis as Linda Medbury
- Joseph Calleia as Sugiani
- Derek Farr as Captain Jumbo Holle
- Stanley Holloway as Inspector Rendall
- Nigel Patrick as Bar Gorman
- John Slater as Pudd'n Bason
- Edward Rigby as Slush
- Leslie Bradley as Basher
- Reginald Tate as The Editor
- Hay Petrie as The Barber
Background[]
Noose was written by Richard Llewellyn, adapted from his own stage play of the same title. The film has been included as part of the cycle of spiv films produced between 1945–50 in Britain.[2]
Reception[]
Trade papers called the film a "notable box office attraction" in British cinemas in 1948.[3]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p487
- ^ a b Noose at BFI Screenonline
- ^ Robert Murphy, Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48 2003 p211
External links[]
- [1] from the British Film Institute
- [2] BBC
- Review of film at Variety
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