The Scarlet Web | |
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Directed by | Charles Saunders |
Written by | Doreen Montgomery |
Produced by | Frank Bevis |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Hone Glendinning |
Edited by | Jack Slade |
Production company | Fortress Film Productions |
Distributed by | Eros Films |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Scarlet Web is a 1954 British second feature [1] crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Griffith Jones, Hazel Court and Zena Marshall. [2] It was written by Doreen Montgomery.
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Jake Winter, just released from prison, is approached by a blonde who asks him to steal a letter from a blackmailer who has targeted her husband.
The film was made at Walton Studios with some location shooting in London. Its sets were designed by the art director John Stoll.
Monthly Film Bulletin said "Formula detective story, made with modest competence. The basic fact that the police will believe Winter murdered an unknown woman for £50 seems improbable; this apart, however, the story is credible and no loose ends are left." [3]
Kine Weekly wrote "Compact, disarmingly inconsequential romantic comedy crime melodrama. ... The picture never takes itself too seriously, and its strong sense of humour, cultivated by Hazel Court and Griffith Jones, who make an engaging team as Susan and Jake, effectively cloaks its incredibilities without robbing it of penultimate suspense." [4]
British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Very familiar story but more professionally put together than most of its kind." [5]
Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film wrote: "Leavened with touches of wry, wise-cracking humour, nothing in the film would have been out of place in a hardboiled flick from America except the English accents and the backgrounds." [1]
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