by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Assembled by the reliable team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, London Belongs to Me stars Richard Attenborough as a young, full-of-beans boy looking for fun. Bursting into a staid, wearisome London neighborhood, Attenborough exhorts the others to get some kicks out of life. Unfortunately, his search for thrills gets him involved in a murder. Just when you think that the film is a dour "slice of life" drama, a new comic element is introduced as the locals start up a petition to release Attenborough from jail. The presence of Alastair Sim in the cast should have tipped us off that London Belongs to Me wasn't meant to be taken entirely seriously. The film was released in the US as Dulcimer Street.
characteristics
- Slums
- Petition
- Murder
- Sympathy
- Townspeople
- Youth
- Young
- Lower-class
- Kill
- Boredom
- Assist
- Apartment
- Britain
- Group
- Inhabitant
