River Beat
| River Beat | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Guy Green |
| Written by | Rex Rienits |
| Produced by | Herman Cohen Victor Hanbury |
| Starring | John Bentley Phyllis Kirk Leonard White Glyn Houston |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Peter Graham Scott |
| Music by | Hubert Clifford |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Eros Films (UK) Lippert Pictures (US) |
Release date | February 1954 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
River Beat is a 1954 British noir, drama, crime film directed by Guy Green and starring John Bentley, Phyllis Kirk and Leonard White.[1] The screenplay concerns a river police inspector who faces a moral dilemma when a woman he knows gets caught up in jewel smuggling.
Cast
- John Bentley - Detective Inspector Dan Barker
- Phyllis Kirk - Judy Roberts
- Leonard White - Detective Sergeant Mack McLeod
- Glyn Houston - Charlie Williamson
- Patrick Jordan - Bert Fisher
- Robert Ayres - Watford
- Ewan Roberts - Customs Inspector J.S. Blake
- David Hurst - Paddy McClure
- Charles Lloyd-Pack - John Hendrick
- Isabel George - Anna
- Margaret Anderson - Nell, Charlie's girl
- Harold Ayer - Joseph Benson, alias Alfred Gordon
- Tony Hilton - Harry, the bartender
- Colin Douglas - Harbor Patrol superintendent
- Bill Nagy - Eddie, deckhand
- Michael Browning - Detective Perry
- Michael Balfour - Adams, sailor
- Peter Collingwood - Coroner
References
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
- River Beat at IMDb
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