The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- George MelachrinoOriginal Music Composer
- George KingDirector
- Katherine StruebyWriter
Cast
- Douglass MontgomeryJim Harding
- Hazel CourtJane Thompson
- Patricia BurkeDiana Harding
- Garry MarshJerry Burns
- Ronald ShinerDan Collins
- Kenneth GriffithJohnny
- Eliot MakehamPop Thompson
- Frederick LeisterDr. Franklin
- Richard BirdJennings
- Michael MedwinCabby
- Peggy Ann CliffordMillie
- Peter JonesPete
Stills
Themes
film noirbritish noirgolden mileblackpool