Dancing with Crime (1947)
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Sub-Genres - Crime Thriller |
Release Date - Jan 1, 1952 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 81 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Hollywood films were linking up dance halls with criminal activities long before the British-made Dancing with Crime, which does not mean that this 1949 melodrama is any less worthwhile. Adding a contemporary twist, the criminals operating within the shilling-a-dance joint are black marketeers (wartime rationing would be in effect in Britain until the early 1950s). A wisecracking taxi dancer (Sheila Sim) gets wind of what's afoot. Working with the law, the girl tries to get the goods on the criminals but nearly catches a shiv in the rib cage. 1930s crime-film star Barry K. Barnes co-stars in Dancing with Crime, together with up-and-comer Richard Attenborough.
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black-market, criminal, dance-hall, taxi-dancer, woman