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'Hangman's Wharf' is a 1950 British crime film directed by Cecil H. Williamson and starring John Witty, Genine Graham and Campbell Singer.[https://archive.today/20120708070011/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/227261 BFI.org] Its plot concerns a doctor working in Shadwell who is called out for an emergency on a ship docked in the River Thames, where he is framed for murder.

Main cast



* John Witty - Doctor David Galloway

* Genine Graham - Alison Maxwell

* Patience Rentoul - Mrs Williams

* Gerald Nodin - Sir Brian Roderick

* Campbell Singer - Inspector Prebble

* Max Brimmell - Krim

* Patricia Laffan - Rosa Warren

Production



The film was based on a BBC radio serial written by John Beldon. Location shooting was done along the River Thames and at Falmouth and St Mawes.Chibnall & McFarlane p.118 The railway station at which John Witty - Doctor David Galloway - arrives in Cornwall was St Ives. The branch is still open, and the area still similar today.

References



Bibliography



* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. 'The British 'B' Film'. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.


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