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Full Record for Film No. 42


Title:Pool of London
Director 1:Basil Dearden
Country:UK
Year:1951
length:85 mins
Colour/b-w:b&w
Genre:feature film
Screenwriter:John Eldridge, Jack Whittingham
Cinematographer:Gordon Dines
Editor:Peter Tanner
Producer:Michael Balcon, Michael Relph
Production company:Ealing Studios
Cast:Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Renée Asherson
Location:TABB
TABB No.:34
Synopsis:Two sailors take up their life again after their ship docked at the Pool of London. One of them, Dan, is involved in a bit of smuggling, just for the fun of it. But the fun is over when he gets mixed up with a gang of jewel thieves who frame others for their criminal deeds. In addition, Dan has to extricate his friend, Johnny, who is charged with murder. This film was one of the first in Britain to show a romance between a black man and a white woman.
Keyword 1:mixed-race relationship
Keyword 2:racism
Keyword 3:love
Keyword 4:crime
Keyword 5:1950s
Keyword 6:London

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