Noose (film)

Noose
Directed by	Edmond T. Gréville
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 T. Gréville and starred Carole Landis and Derek Farr^[1].

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.

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^[1].

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

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} [1] the British Film Institute

External links

• [2] from the British Film Institute
• [3] BBC