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Pool of London

1951 · 85 min

A gritty, humane noir that balances dockland suspense with a quiet, groundbreaking tenderness.

Tagline
A drama of the river underworld
Overview
Merchant sailor Dan MacDonald has a lucrative sideline in smuggling black market goods ashore. While docked in London, MacDonald and his best friend, Johnny Lambert, get mixed up with a gang of ruthless jewel thieves, who hire MacDonald to smuggle their loot out of the country. Complications arise when Johnny falls for a charming but pernicious young woman named Pat, and is falsely charged with murder.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • friendship
  • race
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Basil Dearden
Written by
John Eldridge, Jack Whittingham
Starring
Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Renée Asherson, Earl Cameron, Moira Lister, Max Adrian, Joan Dowling, James Robertson Justice
Music
John Addison
Cinematography
Gordon Dines
Runtime
85 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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