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Night Beat (1947 film)

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Wikipedia article




'Night Beat' is a 1947 British Brit-noir, crime thriller drama film directed by Harold Huth and starring Anne Crawford, Maxwell Reed, Ronald Howard, Hector Ross, Christine Norden and Sid James. Following the Second World War, two comrades go their separate ways; one joins the Metropolitan Police while the other begins a police career but becomes a racketeer in post-war London.'Sky Movies' described the film as a "British thriller that examines a challenging issue of its times: the problems encountered by servicemen when trying to adjust to civilian life."

Cast



*Anne Crawford as Julie Kendall

*Maxwell Reed as Felix Fenton

*Ronald Howard as Andy Kendall

*Christine Norden as Jackie

*Hector Ross as Don Brady

*Fred Groves as PC Kendall

*Sid James as Nixon (as Sidney James)

*Nicholas Stuart as Rocky

*Frederick Leister as Magistrate

*Michael Medwin as Spider

* Robert Cawdron as Police recruit

*Robert Raglan as Detective Sergeant (uncredited)

Critical reception



'The Radio Times' wrote, "a relishably bad British crime drama set in an unreal Soho underworld of spivs and nightclubs. It's a compendium of clichs...Benjamin Frankel's score is better than the film deserves." 'Allmovie' wrote, "though its starts out strong, 'Night Beat' metamorphoses into standard melodramatics towards the end." 'Britmovie' wrote, "fast-paced British crime melodrama...The two lead actors are particularly wooden and its left to the supporting cast to add some lowlife colour; particularly Maxwell Reeds smug villain, Christine Norden as the vampish blonde, Sid James piano playing snout and a brief appearance by Michael Medwin as an indignant petty crook."

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