Dancing with Crime

1947

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller

5
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 619 619

noir london, england taxi driver film noir british noir

Plot summary

When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.

Director

John Paddy Carstairs Photo
John Paddy Carstairs

Top cast

Richard Attenborough Photo
Richard Attenborough as Ted Peters
Diana Dors Photo
Diana Dors as Annette
Jon Pertwee Photo
Jon Pertwee as Police Constable
Bill Owen Photo
Bill Owen as Dave Robinson
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758.81 MB
988*720
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 22 min
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1.38 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 22 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by planktonrules 6 / 10

Very good except for one poorly handled fight scene.

Ted (Richard Attenborough) and Joy grew up with Dave and have remained friends with him....not close friends, but friends. Dave invites them to come to his club and later asks Ted to work with him. Ted assumes Dave is involved in some shady work and politely declines. A short time after this, one of Ted's 'associates' leaves him for dead in the back of Dave's taxi! Now the police do not suspect Ted...but the mobsters who killed Dave think perhaps Dave might have said SOMETHING to Ted before he died. So, they are now looking for Ted...and Ted is trying to find them because the police can't always be there.This is a GENERALLY good movie, though one part irritated me because it didn't seem realistic and defied common sense. In this scene, two goons are going to kill Ted...and at gunpoint they tell Ted this. Ted is a scrappy guy and manages to beat up BOTH the thugs. BUT, and this annoyed me, he didn't pick up the gun, he didn't tie up the thugs (or shoot their kneecaps to keep them from running away) and proceeds to the police station. Why not call the police and have them meet him at this hideout? Why not give the police the attempted murderers?! If someone was going to murder me and I was able to subdue them, I certainly wouldn't leave to go look for the coppers! It's sad, as otherwise this is a nice little drama. Tense and very interesting to see a nice 'every man' pulled into this messy business. But I must deduct at least a point because of this one sloppily handled scene.
Reviewed by malcolmgsw 6 / 10

familiar stuff but entertainingly done

whilst it has to be said that this film uses many situations that even in 1947 were clichés,nevertheless this is a well made and entertaining film.You always know what the characters are up to.So when Attenborough meets up with army buddy Bill Owen,you get the feeling immediately that Owen is up to no good.Owen is shot and then crawls into Attenboroughs cab where he bleeds to death.So unfortunately the next fare gets a rather nasty shock.Everyone seems to be playing to their type,Garry Marsh as a jovial policeman and Danny Green who enjoys taking people for a ride.The only problems are that Attenborough doesn't look too convincing in the fight scenes,and you have to wonder why the gang would try to hunt him down since it only makes him a lot more suspicious.
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