The Scarlet Web
| The Scarlet Web | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Charles Saunders |
| Written by | Doreen Montgomery |
| Produced by | Frank Bevis |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Hone Glendinning |
| Edited by | Jack Slade |
Production company | Fortress Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Eros Films |
Release date | June 1954 |
Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Scarlet Web is a 1954 British second feature[1] crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Griffith Jones, Hazel Court and Zena Marshall.[2]
Plot
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Jake Winter, just released from prison, is approached by a blonde who asks him to steal a letter from a blackmailer who has targeted her husband.
Cast
- Griffith Jones as Jake Winter
- Hazel Court as Susan Honeywell
- Zena Marshall as Laura Vane
- Robert Percival as Charles Dexter
- Molly Raynor as Miss Riggs
- Ronnie Stevens as Simpson
- John Fitzgerald as Bert
- Stuart Douglass as Cyril
- Michael Balfour as barman
- David Stoll as Alphonse, the hairdresser
Production
The film was made at Walton Studios with some location shooting in London. Its sets were designed by the art director John Stoll.
Critical reception
British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Very familiar story but more professionally put together than most of its kind."[5]
Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film wrote: "Leavened with touches of wry, wise-cracking humour, nothing in the film would have been out of place in a hardboiled flick from America except the English accents and the backgrounds."[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "The Scarlet Web". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- Monthly Film Bulletin. 21 (240): 106. 1954 – via ProQuest.
- Kine Weekly. 446 (2447): 21. 20 May 1954 – via ProQuest.
- ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
External links
- The Scarlet Web at IMDb
- The Scarlet Web at ReelStreets
