Soho Incident
{{Short description|1956 British film by Vernon Sewell}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Soho Incident
| image = Soho Incident film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Vernon Sewell
| producer = M. J. Frankovich
George Maynard
| screenplay = Ian Stuart Black
| based_on = Robert Westerby
(based on the novel)
("Wide Boys Never Work")
| starring = Faith Domergue
Lee Patterson
| music = Robert Sharples
| cinematography = Basil Emmott
| editing = Peter Rolfe Johnson
| studio = Frankovich Productions
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1956|03||United Kingdom|1956|10||United States|df=y}}
| runtime = 77 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Soho Incident |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150044855 |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} The screenplay by Ian Stuart Black 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."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1956 |title=Soho Incident |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305816716 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=23 |issue=264 |pages=49 |id={{ProQuest|1305816716}} |via=ProQuest}}
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Standard thriller of fair pace and good backgrounds."{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=B.T. Batsford Ltd. |year=1984 |isbn=0-7134-1874-5 |location=London |pages=376}}
References
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External links
- {{AFI film|id=52011|title=Soho Incident}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0049774|title=Soho Incident}}
{{Vernon Sewell}}
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Robert Sharples
Category:English-language crime films
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