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Bookmark this pageDancing With Crime (1947)
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Attenborough as an earnest young taxi-driver, recently demobbed, who, though headed for marriage on a shoestring, stoutly refuses the temptation to come in on a mysterious black market deal with an ex-army pal (Owen). Setting out to investigate when he finds the dead pal dumped in his taxi, he tracks the villains to a local dance hall they use as a front, and - with his girl (Sim) intrepidly going undercover on his behalf - brings them to justice. Strictly conventional all the way, but not unlikeable, despite some clumsily staged fisticuffs for the climax.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Producer: Sydney Box, James Mason
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Barry K Barnes, Barry Jones, Garry Marsh, Bill Owen, Diana Dors full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 83 mins
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