The Large Rope
The Large Rope (also known as The Long Rope) is a 1953 British crime film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Donald Houston, Susan Shaw and Robert Brown.[1]
Plot
After his release from prison, a man returns to the village where he is accused of murdering a girl.
Cast
- Donald Houston - Tom Penney
- Susan Shaw - Susan Hamble
- Robert Brown - Mick Jordan
- Vanda Godsell - Amy Jordan
- Peter Byrne - Jeff Stribling
- Richard Warner - Inspector Harmer
- Christine Finn - May
- Thomas Heathcote - James Gore
Critical reception
The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane describe The Large Rope as an "excellent thriller", adding that it has "an arresting narrative premise and an unsentimental view of the potential mean-spiritedness of village life".[2]
References
- ↑ BFI Database entry
- ↑ Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, The British 'B' Film, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, p. 139.
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