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| Directed by | Basil Dearden |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon Michael Relph (associate producer) |
| Written by | John Eldridge Jack Whittingham |
| Starring | Bonar Colleano Earl Cameron Susan Shaw |
| Music by | John Addison |
| Cinematography | Gordon Dines |
| Editing by | Peter Tanner |
| Release date(s) | 1951 |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Pool of London is a 1951 British crime film directed by Basil Dearden.[1] It starred a number of British character actors, including Leslie Phillips, James Robertson Justice and Earl Cameron in his first film appearance.
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The plot concerned the crew of the merchant ship Dunbar, which docks in the Pool of London. The crew are given shore leave, and soon become involved in smuggling and petty crime in post-war London. Unusually for the time, it tackled themes of racism, as one of the ship's crew was a Jamaican.
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