The Large Rope
| The Large Rope | |
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| Directed by | Wolf Rilla |
| Written by | Ted Willis |
| Produced by | Victor Hanbury |
| Starring | Donald Houston Susan Shaw Robert Brown |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Peter Graham Scott |
| Music by | Ronald Binge |
Production company | Victor Hanbury Productions (as Insignia) |
| Distributed by | United Artists Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Large Rope (also known as The Long Rope) is a 1953 British crime film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Donald Houston, Susan Shaw and Robert Brown.[1]
Plot[]
After his release from prison a man returns to his village, where he is accused of murdering a woman.
Cast[]
- Donald Houston as Tom Penney
- Susan Shaw as Susan Hamble
- Robert Brown as Mick Jordan
- Vanda Godsell as Amy Jordan
- Peter Byrne as Jeff Stribling
- Richard Warner as Inspector Harmer
- Christine Finn as May
- Thomas Heathcote as James Gore
- Katie Johnson as Grandmother (uncredited)
- Hilda Fenemore as Pub Landlady (uncredited)
Critical reception[]
The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane describe The Large Rope as an "excellent thriller", adding that it has "an arresting narrative premise and an unsentimental view of the potential mean-spiritedness of village life".[2]
References[]
- ^ BFI Database entry
- ^ Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, The British 'B' Film, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, p. 139.
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1953 films
- English-language films
- 1953 crime films
- British films
- Films directed by Wolf Rilla
- British crime films
- British black-and-white films
- Films with screenplays by Ted Willis, Baron Willis
- Films about murder
- 1950s British film stubs
- 1950s crime film stubs