Hue and Cry (1947)
Directed by
Charles Crichton
Writing credits
T.E.B. Clarke
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Crime
Plot Summary: A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week...
User Rating: 7.1/10 (142 votes)
Cast overview, first billed only:
Alastair Sim .... Felix H. Wilkinson
Harry Fowler .... Joe Kirby
Douglas Barr .... Alec, Scottish choirboy
Joan Dowling .... Clarry
Jack Warner .... Jim Nightingale
Valerie White .... Rhona Watson, alias Rhona Davis
Jack Lambert .... Detective Inspector Ford
Ian Dawson .... Norman (works at Trump)
Gerald Fox .... Dicky
David Simpson .... Arthur
Albert Hughes .... Wally
John Hudson .... Stan
David Knox .... Dusty
Jeffrey Sirett .... Bill
James Crabbe .... Terry
Also Known As:
Hue & Cry (UK) (poster title)
Runtime: 82 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification: Iceland:L / Finland:S / UK:U
When I was a 'nippah', I used to go to the cinema on a Saturday Morning, this was one of the films that they showed. It made an impact on me that I always watch it again and again.
A film made in the bombed out post-war east London. It was a proto brat-pack movie (watch out for a very adolescent Anthony Newley). This film is a treasure and a classic that transcends time and generations. The plot is around a bank robbery, but around this are the bombed out scenes of the East End of London, in which the kids made their playground. These scenes are contrasted with the bright, sparkling and summery photography. There are many memorable scenes. Such as the boy re-enacting an aerial dogfight on a bombsite. He makes noises of aircraft, machines-guns, flak and bombs. These are complemented by his gestures. This scene has a genuine intensity to it, the war had obviously made an impact on him, and this intensity is shared. The other scene is that when the group of youth have to negotiate the sewer, we are shown into a subterraenean world. This had to be filmed on location, how could you build a sewer in the studio on a limited budget?. There is also the other scene where the gang manage to trap one of the female villains, they extract the necessary information from her by one of the boys threatening to unleash one of his pet white mice on her.
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