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Pool of London (1951)
Directed by Basil Dearden
“A drama of the river underworld”
Crime, Drama, Thriller · 1h 25m
Merchant sailor Dan MacDonald has a lucrative sideline in smuggling black market goods ashore. While docked in London, MacDonald and his best friend, Johnny Lambert, get mixed up with a gang of ruthless jewel thieves, who hire MacDonald to smuggle their loot out of the country. Complications arise when Johnny falls for a charming but pernicious young woman named Pat, and is falsely charged with murder.
Cast
Bonar Colleano
Dan MacDonald
Susan Shaw
Pat
Renée Asherson
Sally
Earl Cameron
Johnny Lambert
Moira Lister
Maisie
Max Adrian
Charlie Vernon - acrobat / George
Joan Dowling
Pamela, Maisie's sister
James Robertson Justice
Engine Room Officer Trotter
Michael Golden
Customs Officer Andrews
John Longden
Det. Insp. Williams
Alfie Bass
Alf
Christopher Hewett
Mike
Crew
- Director
- Basil Dearden
- Screenplay
- Jack Whittingham, John Eldridge
- Director of Photography
- Gordon Dines
- Original Music Composer
- John Addison
- Editor
- Peter Tanner
- Producer
- Michael Balcon
Details
- Release date
- 1951-02-20
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Ealing Studios