Soho Conspiracy

{{Short description|1950 British film by Cecil H. Williamson}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Soho Conspiracy

| image = Soho_Conspiracy_(1950_film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Cecil H. Williamson

| producer = Edwin J. Fancey

| writer = Ralph Dawson
Cecil H. Williamson
Mario Monicelli
Stefano Vanzina

| starring = Zena Marshall
Jacques Labrecque
Peter Gawthorne
John Witty

| music = Felice Montagnini

| cinematography = Ray Densham

| editing =

| studio = E.J. Fancey Productions

| distributor = DUK

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1950|10}}

| runtime = 85 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Soho Conspiracy is a 1950 British 'B'{{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=118}} musical drama film directed by Cecil H. Williamson and starring Jacques Labrecque, Zena Marshall and Peter Gawthorne.{{Cite web |title=Soho Conspiracy |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150044854 |access-date=30 January 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}

Premise

A young man attempts to stage a charity concert in order to raise funds to refurbish a Soho church.

Production

The film incorporates footage from the 1948 Italian film Mad About Opera (Follie per l'opera) for the climactic concert performance.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Gay but amateurish film, whose main virtue is the singing by the Italian stars; this, however, appears to have been contrived by the wholesale lifting of excerpts from other (unnamed) films."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1950 |title=Soho Conspiracy |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305818858/9355FF6FBC2C4110PQ/1 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=17 |issue=193 |pages=174 |via=ProQuest}}

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