The Large Rope
The Large Rope (also known as The Long Rope) is a 1953 British crime film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Donald Houston, Susan Shaw and Robert Brown.[1]
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| Directed by | Wolf Rilla |
| Produced by | Victor Hanbury |
| Written by | Ted Willis |
| Starring | Donald Houston Susan Shaw Robert Brown |
| Music by | Ronald Binge |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Peter Graham Scott |
Production company | Victor Hanbury Productions (as Insignia) |
| Distributed by | United Artists Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
After his release from prison a man returns to his village, where he is accused of murdering a woman.
Cast
- Donald Houston as Tom Penney
- Susan Shaw as Susan Hamble
- Robert Brown as Mick Jordan
- Vanda Godsell as Amy Jordan
- Peter Byrne as Jeff Stribling
- Richard Warner as Inspector Harmer
- Christine Finn as May
- Thomas Heathcote as James Gore
- Katie Johnson as Grandmother (uncredited)
- Hilda Fenemore as Pub Landlady (uncredited)
Critical reception
The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane describe The Large Rope as an "excellent thriller", adding that it has "an arresting narrative premise and an unsentimental view of the potential mean-spiritedness of village life".[2]
References
- BFI Database entry
- Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, The British 'B' Film, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, p. 139.
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