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Roy Walsh
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Cosh Boy (released in the United States as The Slasher) is a 1953 British film noir based on an original play by Bruce Walker. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and featured James Kenney and Joan Collins. It was made at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.
"Cosh Boy" portrays starkly the development of a young criminal, an enemy of society at sixteen. Our Judges and Magistrates, and the Police, whose stern duty it is to resolve the problem, agree that its origins lie mainly in the lack of parental control and early discipline.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Lewis Gilbert
- 1953-05-29
A swift-moving, no-punches-pulled expose set in London's tenement district, with a ruthless teenager (James Kenney, reprising his stage role) blackjacking an...
- 75 min
- 57K
- The Sprocket Vault
Jan 8, 2020 · Juvenile delinquents wreak havoc in post-war London in the Lewis Gilbert-directed Cosh Boy, the 40th entry to the longstanding BFI Flipside catalogue - avail...
- 2 min
- 6.2K
- BFI
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Overview. Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes. Lewis Gilbert. Director, Writer. Vernon Harris.
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Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.
