Dancing with Crime (1947)
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Richard Attenborough, Barry Barnes, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Paddy Carstairs
Synopsis of Dancing with Crime
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Dancing with Crime
- Richard Attenborough - Ted Peters
- Sheila Sim - Joy Goodall
- Barry Jones - Gregory
- Cyril Chamberlain - Sniffy
- Peter Croft - Johnny
- Garry Marsh - Sargeant Murray
- Dennis Wyndham - Sam
- Norman Shelley
- Diana Dors
- Barry Barnes - Paul Baker
- John Warwick - Detective Inspector Carter
- Judy Kelly - Toni
- John Salew - Pogson
- Dirk Bogarde - Policeman
- Bill Owen - Dave Robinson
- Hamish Menzies - Orchestra Leader
- Patricia Dainton
- Director(s):
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Writer(s):
- Brock Williams
- Producer(s):
- James Carter
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