Soho Incident

Soho Incident
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vernon Sewell
Produced by	M. J. Frankovich George Maynard
Written by	Ian Stuart Black
Story by	Robert Westerby (novel)
Starring	Faith Domergue Lee Patterson
Music by	Robert Sharples
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Edited by	Peter Rolfe Johnson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	1956
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Soho Incident, released in the United States as Spin a Dark Web, is a 1956 British film noir directed by Vernon Sewell starring Faith Domergue and Lee Patterson.^[1]

The screenplay is based on Wide Boys Never Work, a novel by Robert Westerby.

Plot

Jim Bankley (Patterson) a Canadian veteran living in London, is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He falls in love with Bella Francesi (Domergue), sister of local Sicilian mob leader Rico Francesi (Benson), 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.

Cast

Faith Domergue as Bella Francesi
Lee Patterson as Jim Bankley
Rona Anderson as Betty Walker
Martin Benson as Rico Francesi
Robert Arden as Buddy
Joss Ambler as Tom Walker
Peter Hammond as Bill Walker
Peter Burton as Inspector Collis
Sam Kydd as Sam
Bernard Fox as McLeod

References

↑ Soho Incident at the BFI Database

External links

Soho Incident at the American Film Institute Catalog
Soho Incident at the Internet Movie Database
Soho Incident at AllMovie

Films directed by Vernon Sewell

Morgenrot (1933)
The Silver Fleet (1943)
The World Owes Me a Living (1945)
Latin Quarter (1945)
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)
Uneasy Terms (1948)
The Jack of Diamonds (1949)
The Dark Light (1951)
The Black Widow (1951)
The Floating Dutchman (1952)
Ghost Ship (1952)
Counterspy (1953)
Dangerous Voyage (1954)
Radio Cab Murder (1954)
Where There's a Will (1955)
Johnny, You're Wanted (1956)
Soho Incident (1956)
Home and Away (1956)
Rogue's Yarn (1957)
Battle of the V-1 (1958)
Wrong Number (1959)
Urge to Kill (1960)
House of Mystery (1961)
The Wind of Change (1961)
The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
Strongroom (1962)
A Matter of Choice (1963)
Strictly for the Birds (1963)
Some May Live (1967)
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Burke & Hare (1972)

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