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Soho Incident

1956 British film by Vernon Sewell


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.[1] The screenplay is based on the 1937 novel Wide Boys Never Work by Robert Westerby.

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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

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."[2]


References

  1. "Soho Incident". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. "Soho Incident". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 23 (264): 49. 1 January 1956 via ProQuest.

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