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Soho quartier dangereux

Original title: Soho Incident
  • 1956
  • Approved
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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Soho quartier dangereux (1956)
A Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him, and determines to escape the gang - but things don't turn out the way he planned.
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A Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. After he ... Read allA Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. After he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only u... Read allA Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. After he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him, and determines to escape the gang - but things don't turn out the way he planned... Read all

  • Director
    • Vernon Sewell
  • Writers
    • Ian Stuart Black
    • Robert Westerby
  • Stars
    • Faith Domergue
    • Lee Patterson
    • Rona Anderson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
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    • Director
      • Vernon Sewell
    • Writers
      • Ian Stuart Black
      • Robert Westerby
    • Stars
      • Faith Domergue
      • Lee Patterson
      • Rona Anderson
    • 13User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Faith Domergue
    Faith Domergue
    • Bella Francesi
    Lee Patterson
    Lee Patterson
    • Jim Bankley
    Rona Anderson
    Rona Anderson
    • Betty Walker
    Martin Benson
    Martin Benson
    • Rico Francesi
    Robert Arden
    Robert Arden
    • Buddy
    Joss Ambler
    Joss Ambler
    • Tom Walker
    Peter Hammond
    Peter Hammond
    • Bill Walker
    Peter Burton
    Peter Burton
    • Inspector Collis
    Sam Kydd
    Sam Kydd
    • Sam
    Russell Westwood
    Russell Westwood
    • Mick
    Patricia Ryan
    Patricia Ryan
    • Audrey
    Bernard Fox
    Bernard Fox
    • McLeod
    Noel Howlett
    Noel Howlett
    • Judge
    • (uncredited)
    Larry Taylor
    Larry Taylor
    • Rico Gang Member
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Vernon Sewell
    • Writers
      • Ian Stuart Black
      • Robert Westerby
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    5malcolmgsw

    More Interesting For Its Views Of 1950s Soho

    When this film was made Soho had a rather seedy reputation.Gangs running protection rackets,illegal gambling and drink clubs,prostitution and strip clubs.Soho had it all.Most though not all of this has gone.Nowdays it is full of trendy restaurants and clubs.So the most interesting aspect of this otherwise uninspired and derivative thriller are the location shots.The credit titles,open over the Casino Cinema,now Prince Edward Theatre,showing "This Is Cinerama".I was taken to see this and saw it again a couple of years ago at The National Media Museum in Bradford.Very spectacular.We then follow Patterson around the streets at night.Next we see him coming out of a building in Soho Square which i believe is where the BBFC is now situated.Finally we get shots of Patterson walking through the famous Berwick Street market.The strange thing about the plot is Patterson is supposed to be a boxer,but he suddenly becomes a telephone engineer without explanation.The plot is predictable enlivened only by the oily boss splendidly portrayed by the marvelous Martin Benson,who keeps on complaining about the food he is served.
    8clanciai

    Canadians making the mistake of going to Soho

    This is only a shabby B-feature but it grows interesting as it develops. A young Canadian coming from America has a friend in Soho whom he looks up and asks for a job, and the friend gets him a job as a kind of general technical support to a Sicilian who runs various rackets concerning racing horses and greyhounds, who doesn't mind applying murky measures. He has a sister who gets interested in the young Canadian, and they develop a relationship. Too late it appears that she is the spider in the web of her brother's murky affairs, our Canadian wants to get out but it is too late, he knows too much, and she won't let him. There are a few murders and that spiral is getting worse, and so the intrigue develops towards constantly more doubtful complications. Finally there are some thrilling car chases through the waterfront of London with amazing views and insights into that and the Soho part of London in the 50s. For this the film is worth watching, even if you have to wait for it. Faith Domergue makes a fascinating portrait of the fatal woman in question in her cool intelligent and cruel calculation, and Lee Patterson makes a likeable figure of the innocent Canadian who can't get out of his unintentional mess. It should be seen in black-and-white though.
    8adrianovasconcelos

    Solid Brit B noir with Domergue at her best as femme fatale

    Director Vernon Sewell, about whom I am embarrassingly ignorant, does pull off a good job with this British B noir picture entitled originally SPIN A DARK WEB (SOHO INCIDENT in the US circuit).

    Some weaknesses notwithstanding, the script by Ian Black is solid. I had found it difficult to believe that Rona Anderson's highly fit boxeur brother died after getting hit over the head with a small and flexible police baton, just as I could not see the need for Rico Francesi to bump off McLeod, who had been absent from the screen for some 60', when they had more pressing matters to attend to. On the positive end, we get to listen to some sharp dialogue, conveyed mainly by deceitfully evil femme fatale Domergue in contrast with upstanding Lee Patterson.

    I feel that stunningly beautiful Rona Anderson was given a far smaller part than she deserved, the same going for Peter Burton in the role of Inspector Collis.

    As was the habit in British B pics of the 1950s, foreign nationals get the male and female leads (Domergue a US citizen, Patterson Canadian). Cinematography is good enough for the film's purposes, but I have seen better in other Brit B pics.

    Very catchy tune entitled "Love me, love me now" sung by Julie Dawn.

    All told, a fun 76 minutes with some gripping action and repartee.
    3mls4182

    There are only two reasons to watch this film

    One is to see how bad Faye Domerogue is acting and two to see 26 year old Lee Patterson in all his handsome glory.

    The rest is a typical B gangster film with a frigid femme fatale.
    7TheFearmakers

    London-Based Eclectic Betting/Boxing British Noir

    A sort of British version of 711 OCEAN DRIVE has a young naïve tech expert hired to wire up a horse race betting scheme so the villains can get the inside tip straight from the bookie's mouth...

    Yet it begins like a boxing noir since the lanky and passive Canadian import Lee Patterson is a wannabe prizefighter set with a girl-next-door girlfriend, daughter of a trainer and his fighter son... the latter killed by a no-good hood played by Bernard Fox before his signature mustache made him an endearing magical character-actor...

    His gruff character here breaking SPIN A DARK WEB into two parts: one has our hero sent by plan-plotting criminals Martin Benson and Robert Arden to pay or catch or maybe even kill hideaway Fox while working out the aforementioned con...

    And there needed more of the first as the sting is too complicated while the best scenes, traipsing in and out of actual London streets/locales, clash with phony-looking rear-projection driving scenes... thankfully there's less of the latter...

    And like all Film Noirs it's a sexy femme fatale who makes our blank-slate boy turn savage-sappy while he neglects the good gal who had him first... but she isn't very attractive, or interesting... and token wildcard Faith Domergue doesn't have enough time to SPIN that DARK titular WEB with all those literal wires getting crossed and uncrossed, again and again.

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    • Trivia
      The first feature film of Bernard Fox.
    • Goofs
      After Bankley talks to Collis about letting him get through on phone Bankley walks by a police car. The coppers inside are talking on radio and crew's head and face are visible in car window that is partially up.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Love Me, Love Me Now
      Written by Robin Scott (as Mark Paul) and Paddy Roberts

      Sung by Julie Dawn

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    • Release date
      • August 5, 1957 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Spin a Dark Web
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Frankovich Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 16m(76 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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