Pool of London (film)

Pool of London
Original British quad format film poster
Directed byBasil Dearden
Screenplay byJack Whittingham
John Eldridge
Produced byMichael Balcon
Michael Relph (associate producer)
StarringBonar Colleano
Earl Cameron
Susan Shaw
CinematographyGordon Dines
Edited byPeter Tanner
Music byJohn Addison
Production
company
Distributed byGFD (UK)
Release date
  • 22 February 1951 (1951-02-22) (UK)
[1]
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£130,000[2] or $392,000 (UK)[3]
$40,000 (US)[4]

Pool of London is a 1951 British noir[5] crime film directed by Basil Dearden.[6] It stars Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron (in his breakthrough role) and Susan Shaw.[7][8] Set in post-war London, the film is of note for portraying the first interracial relationship in a British film.[9]

  1. ^ "Pool Of London". Art & Hue. 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 285.
  3. ^ "John Davis Cites Cases". Variety. 17 November 1954. p. 8.
  4. ^ "John Davis Cites Cases". Variety. 17 November 1954. p. 8.
  5. ^ tasteofcinema.com
  6. ^ Brooks, Xan (8 August 2017). "'I've not retired!' Earl Cameron, Britain's first black film star, on Bond, racism – and turning 100". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  7. ^ "Pool of London". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Pool of London (1951)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  9. ^ BFI Screenonline: Pool of London Linked 2015-06-08