Wide Boy (film)
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Director Ken Hughes Music director Eric Spear Duration Country United Kingdom | 7/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama Story by Rex Rienits Writer Rex Rienits Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date April 1952 Based on an original story by Rex Rienits Cast Sydney Tafler (Benny), Susan Shaw (Molly), Ronald Howard (Inspector Carson), Melissa Stribling (Caroline), Colin Tapley (Mannering)Similar movies Related Ken Hughes movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wide boy 1954 benny steals a purse
Wide Boy is a 1952 British crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Susan Shaw, Sydney Tafler and Ronald Howard.
Contents
It was Hughes' feature directorial debut.
Plot
Black marketeer Benny winds up blackmailing a surgeon.
Cast
Production
The story was by Rex Rienits who used it for a radio play and a novel.The radio play was meant to be broadcast in 1952 but this was delayed due to concerns by the BBC about its subject matter.
Remake
The story was adapted for Australian TV in the TV play Bodgie (1959), where it was relocated to an Australian setting.
References
Wide Boy (film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
Wide Boy (film) IMDb Wide Boy (film) themoviedb.org