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Wheel of Fate (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Wheel of Fate' is a 1953 British drama film directed by Francis Searle and starring Patric Doonan, Sandra Dorne and Bryan Forbes.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117091807/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65430 BFI.org] The screenplay concerns a man who turns to crime to raise the money he needs to spend time with a woman with whom he falls in love. It was produced as a second featureChibnall & McFarlane p.153 and shot at Riverside Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. It was released by Rank's General Film Distributors.
Plot
Two brothers working in their father's repair garage: quiet sensible Johnny (Patric Doonan) and the younger and wilder Ted (Bryan Forbes) fall out when Ted brings home Lucky (Sandra Dorne), a beautiful dance hall singer. The brothers feud when she unexpectedly falls for Johnny, and crime and mayhem ensue.
Cast
* Patric Doonan as Johnny Burrows
* Sandra Dorne as Lucky Price
* Bryan Forbes as Ted Reid
* John Horsley as Detective Sergeant Simpson
* Johnnie Schofield as Len Bright
* Martin Benson as Riscoe
* Cyril Smith as Perce
* Bernard Rebel
* Fred Griffiths
* Michael McCarthy
* Bartlett Mullins
* Frederick Treves
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. 'The British 'B' Film'. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
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