Noose (film)
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| Noose | |
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| Directed by | Edmond Greville |
| Produced by | Edward Dryhurst |
| Written by | Richard Llewellyn |
| Starring | Carole Landis Derek Farr Joseph Calleia Stanley Holloway Nigel Patrick |
| Music by | Charles Williams |
| Cinematography | Hone Glendining |
| Release date(s) | 1948 |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Noose is a British crime film released in 1948. It was directed by Edmond Greville and starred Carole Landis and Derek Farr[1].
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[edit] 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 fiance and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym.
[edit] 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].
[edit] Main cast
- Carole Landis as Linda Medbury
- Derek Farr as Captain Jumbo Hoyle
- Joseph Calleia as Sugiani
- Stanley Holloway as Inspector Rendall
- Nigel Patrick as Bar Gorman
- John Slater as Pudd'n Bason
- Edward Rigby as Slush
- Reginald Tate as the editor
- Hay Petrie as the barber
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ [1] the British Film Institute
- ^ [2] the British Film Institute
[edit] External links
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