Soho Incident

Soho Incident
Theatrical release poster
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 date	March 1956 (1956-03) (United Kingdom) October 1956 (1956-10) (United States)
Running time	77 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 and 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
• Russell Westwood as Mick
• Patricia Ryan as Audrey
• Bernard Fox as McLeod

References[]

External links[]

• Soho Incident at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Soho Incident at IMDb
• Soho Incident at AllMovie

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