Loading AI tools
1948 British film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Noose (released in the United States as The Silk Noose) is a 1948 British crime film, directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia, and Derek Farr.[3]
Noose | |
---|---|
Directed by | Edmond T. Gréville |
Written by | Richard Llewellyn (play and screenplay) |
Produced by | Edward Dryhurst |
Starring | Carole Landis Derek Farr Joseph Calleia Stanley Holloway Nigel Patrick |
Cinematography | Hone Glendining |
Edited by | David Newhouse |
Music by | Charles Williams |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Pathé Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £136,500[1] |
Box office | £163,159 (UK)[2] |
It was shot at Teddington Studios with sets designed by the art director Bernard Robinson.
Set in the then contemporary post-war London, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancé and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. The normally gentlemanly and urbane Nigel Patrick is cast as a cockney spiv.
The gangs hang around Bason's Gymnasium and Sugiani's nightclub, The Blue Moon. Sugiani has worked his way up from the gutter since arriving in Britain from Italy.
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 and 1950 in Britain.[3]
Trade papers called the film a "notable box office attraction" in British cinemas in 1948.[4] As of 1 April 1950 the film earned distributor's gross receipts of £119,229 in the UK of which £74,918 went to the producer.[1]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.