Dancing with Crime
Dancing with Crime | |
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Paramount British Pictures | |
Release date | 25 June 1947 |
Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £200,000[1] |
Dancing with Crime is a 1947 British film noir film directed by John Paddy Carstairs, starring Richard Attenborough, Barry K. Barnes and Sheila Sim.[2] A man hunts down the killer of his lifelong friend.
Plot
Boyhood friends and later comrades in the Army, Ted Peters and Dave Robinson are back in
Cast
- Richard Attenborough as Ted Peters
- Barry K. Barnes as Paul Baker
- Sheila Sim as Joy Goodall
- Garry Marsh as Detective Sergeant Murray
- John Warwickas Inspector Carter
- Judy Kelly as Toni Masters
- Barry Jones as Mr. Gregory
- Bill Owen as Dave Robinson
- Cyril Chamberlain as Sniffy
- Peter Croft as Johnny
- Dirk Bogarde as police radio caller (uncredited)
- Patricia Dainton as Pam (uncredited)
- Diana Dors as Annette (uncredited)
- Danny Green as Sid (uncredited)
- Bartlett Mullins as club barman (uncredited)
- John Salew as Pogson (uncredited)
- Dennis Wyndham as Sam (uncredited)
Production
Attenborough was borrowed from the Boulting Brothers. He and Sheila Sim were married in real life; this was their first movie together.
The film was shot at Southall Studios with sets designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei.[3] Filming was difficult due to the freezing cold weather.[4]
Critical reception
Variety called it "fashioned on formula grounds."[7]
filmIn British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "good", writing: "Not exactly convincing, but a confident piece of filmcraft."[8]
Leslie Halliwell wrote: "Tolerable post-war melodrama aping Hollywood."[9]
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "Real-life newlyweds Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim co-star in this stark crime quickie, which also marks the feature debut of Dirk Bogarde as a bobby on the beat. [...] With Sim going undercover at the local dance hall, the film will evoke memories of Saturday nights gone by."[10]
References
- ^ "JOHN WARWICK HOME". Warwick Daily News. No. 8742. Queensland, Australia. 11 August 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Dancing with Crime". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Dancing with Crime (1947)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017.
- The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder. Vol. 37, no. 2623. New South Wales, Australia. 27 February 1948. p. 8. Retrieved 22 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- Kine Weekly. 365 (2096): 18. 3 July 1947 – via ProQuest.
- Monthly Film Bulletin. 14 (157): 111. 1 January 1947 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Review of film at Variety
- ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
- ISBN 0586088946.
- ISBN 9780992936440.
External links
- Dancing with Crime at IMDb
- Dancing with Crime at Letterbox DVD