Bonar Colleano
Dan MacDonald
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The character-driven story of Pool of London centres around the crew of the merchant ship Dunbar, which docks in the Pool of London. The crew members are given shore leave, with some practising petty smuggling and other various dodges. The film begins with the Dunbar mooring near Tower Bridge.
Pool of London: Directed by Basil Dearden. With Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Renée Asherson, Earl Cameron. When their ship docks the crew disembark as usual to pick up their lives in postwar London.
- (1.2K)
- Crime, Drama
- Basil Dearden
- 1951-08-13
Jan 16, 2024 · Pool Of London. When their ship docks the crew disembark as usual to pick up their lives in post-war London. For one of them his petty smuggling turns more serious when he finds himself caught up with a robbery in the City. Starring: Susan Shaw, Renee Asherson, Bonar Colleano.
- 85 min
While docked in London, MacDonald and his best friend, Johnny Lambert (Earl Cameron), get mixed up with a gang of ruthless jewel thieves, who hire MacDonald to smuggle their loot out of the...
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- Basil Dearden
- Crime, Drama
- Bonar Colleano
The film Pool of London is a classic of British cinema, released shortly after the Second World War in 1951. Directed by Basil Dearden, it tells the story of two sailors on shore leave in London. With its vivid portrayal of a vibrant port-city, and its themes of racism, class divides and loyalty, it remains an essential and evocative film to ...
- (1.5K)
- J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Ealing Studios
- Basil Dearden
Basil Dearden achieves a masterful sense of balance in Pool of London: character and plot, melodrama and noir, Johnny and Dan. The film even opens and closes with the coming and going of a commercial ship in the eponymous body of water; two merchant marines disembark for the weekend, but only one will return.
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Crime melodrama about two sailors in London, an American open to theft and smuggling and an honest Jamaican, and the crooks and girls they know. A jewel theft goes wrong and those involved must decide whether to try to get away or to do the right thing.
