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British Film Noir (The Slasher / Twilight Women) (1952)
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| Starring: | Joan Collins, Laurence Harvey, Lois Maxwell, James Kenney, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres, Hermione Baddeley, Hermione Gingold, Laurence Naismith, Stanley Escane, Rene Ray, Freda Jackson, Vida Hope, Dorothy Gordon, Dora Bryan, Betty Henderson |
| Director: | Lewis Gilbert, Gordon Parry |
| Genre: | Drama, Film Noir, Foreign, Crime, England, Film Noir-British, British Drama, Crime-British |
| Year: | 1952 |
| Studio: | VCI |
| Length: | 164 minutes |
| Released: | February 23, 2010 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:
The Slasher (1952, 75 min.)
A swift moving, no punches pulled expose set in London's tenement district, with a ruthless teenager (James Kenney, reprising his stage role) blackjacking an old woman to get her purse, and "graduating" to gang leader whose young cutthroats spread terror over the entire city. At the start of her "bad girl" career, Joan Collins is the girl he loves and leaves, with tragic results. A controversial motion picture in its era and still potent today. Based on the play, "Master Crook." A.K.A. Cosh Boy.
Twilight Women (1953, 89 min.)
Originating on the London stage, this hard-hitting tale is set at a boarding house-haven for unmarried mothers, owned by a woman (Freda Jackson) whose outward show of upstanding character hides her true personality: a fiend who abuses the women and farms out their babies! Madness, squalor, bedbugs and a dead baby add to the atmosphere of shock. Lois Maxwell (James Bond's Miss Moneypenny) and Laurence Harvey co-star. A.K.A. Women of Twilight.
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There are 1 reviews for this movie |
  | Jacqueline | | I gave it a 2 because the camera angles and sets were noir looking. Otherwise, thescript and acting was not too good. Laurence Harvey must have wanted to forget his role in Twilight Women. |
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