Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Street Corner (1953 film)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron7
7
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

Director
  
Muriel Box

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Country
  
United Kingdom

Street Corner (1953 film) movie poster

Release date
  
1953

Writer
  
Muriel Box, Sydney Box, Jan Read (story)

Tagline
  
In London's shadows walk the women who live on...

Street corner 1953 unfiltered cigarette


Street Corner is a 1953 British drama film. It was written by Muriel and Sydney Box and directed by Muriel. It was marketed as Both Sides of the Law in the United States. While not quite a documentary, the film depicts the daily routine of women in the police force from three different angles. It was conceived as a female version of the 1950 film The Blue Lamp.

Contents

Plot

The three plotlines focus respectively on an 18-year-old girl who is caught shoplifting, a female army deserter who becomes involved in bigamy, and a baby who is abused by stepparents. The film climaxes in a police dog attack on a criminal.

Cast

  • Peggy Cummins as Bridget Foster
  • Terence Morgan as Ray
  • Anne Crawford as Susan
  • Rosamund John as Sergeant Pauline Ramsey
  • Barbara Murray as WPC Lucy
  • Sarah Lawson as Joyce
  • Ronald Howard as David Evans
  • Eleanor Summerfield as Edna Hurran
  • Michael Medwin as Chick Farrar
  • Charles Victor as Muller
  • Anthony Oliver as Stanley Foster
  • Harold Lang as Len
  • Dora Bryan as Prostitute
  • Eunice Gayson as Janet
  • Yvonne Marsh as Elsa
  • Isabel George as Helen
  • Nelly Arno as woman customer

    • Critical reception

    The Movie Review Warehouse said of Muriel Box's direction, "she doesn’t do anything terribly innovative with the camera but she does know how to tell a story effectively, which is often a rarer skill in the film world."

    References

    Street Corner (1953 film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Street Corner (1953 film) IMDb Street Corner (1953 film) themoviedb.org