- Source: Murder in Soho
Murder in Soho (U.S. title: Murder in the Night.) is a 1939 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring Jack La Rue, Sandra Storme, Googie Withers and Bernard Lee. The screenplay was by F. McGrew Willis. It concerns a murder in the Central London district of Soho.
Plot
Club owner Steve Marco is a criminal club-owner with social aspirations. After a murder in his club he shoots an accomplice who tries to double-cross him. Inspector Hammond investigates and solves the case with the help of one of the club's hostesses.
Cast
Jack La Rue as Steve Marco
Sandra Storme as Ruby Lane
Bernard Lee as Roy Barnes
Martin Walker as Inspector Hammond
James Hayter as Nick Green
Googie Withers as Lola Matthews
Drue Leyton as Myrtle
Arthur O'Connell as Lefty
Edmon Ryan as Spike
Francis Lister as Joe
Alf Goddard as Mike
Robert Beatty as Jack
Diana Beaumont as girl
Renee Gadd as woman in police station
Joss Ambler as drunk
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A film which starts off with a certain amount of promise and speed but does not keep it up for long enough. The Inspector's interviews with the witnesses are incredibly incompetent, and as the identity of the murderer is known to the audience very carly in the film no mystery survives to sustain the interest. Jack La Rue and Sandra Storme are good to look upon, though the acting of the latter is sometimes wooden and unconvincing. Martin Walker introduces a certain amount of laconic humour as the Inspector."
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Familiar 'quickie' nightclub thriller."
References
External links
Murder in Soho at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Carl Brisson
- Barbara Keogh
- Kurt Waitzmann
- Billie Whitelaw
- David Jonsson
- Daftar pustaka karya tentang Che Guevara
- Murder in Soho
- Last Night in Soho
- Bernard Lee
- Murder of Sylvie Cachay
- Akimitsu Takagi
- Soho House (club)
- Robert Beatty
- Googie Withers
- James Hayter (actor)
- SoHo, Manhattan
