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Scarlet Thread: Directed by Lewis Gilbert. With Kathleen Byron, Laurence Harvey, Sydney Tafler, Dora Bryan. Two villains team up to steal some jewelry. The robbery goes wrong and an innocent man is shot.
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- Crime, Drama
- Lewis Gilbert
- 1951-05
Scarlet Thread is a 1951 British crime drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and produced by Ernest G. Roy . Plot. Two criminals plan a jewellery robbery. The robbery goes wrong and an innocent man is shot. Cast. Kathleen Byron as Josephine. Laurence Harvey as Freddie. Sydney Tafler as Marcon. Arthur Hill as Shaw. Dora Bryan as Maggie.
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Laurence Harvey is absolutely appalling in this, and the usually reliable Kathleen Byron is left to run riot in the tale of a robbery gone wrong. The only decent performances come from an icy Sydney Tafler and a blousy Dora Bryan.
- Lewis Gilbert
- Nettlefold Films
In this British crime drama, a petty crook teams up with a gangster to steal some jewels, but somehow the robbery goes awry and an innocent man is fatally shot. The man later turns out to be the father of the crook's newest girl friend.
SCARLET THREAD is an interesting little British crime film that works thanks to a good cast and some different locations to the usual. The plot sees B-movie veterans Laurence Harvey and Sydney Tafler playing an unlikely couple of robbers who decide to team up and rob a jewellers with the help of getaway driver Harry Fowler.
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Jan 27, 2022 · My notes on Scarlet Thread. This British character-based crime thriller has ‘based on a play’ written all over it. Moie Charles and A.R. Rawlinson adapted their own West End drama as a tidy little B picture script – it’s much more cinematic in the first reel, which is all set-up, than when it gets shut into the confines of a ...
