Spin A Dark Web (aka Soho Incident) (1956)

A Canadian (Lee Patterson) living in London is trying to make a career as a prizefighter without much success. A chance encounter with an army buddy (Robert Arden) gets him a job with a local mobster (Martin Benson). But it's the mobster's deadly sister (Faith Domergue) who will lead him into a web of murder. Based on the novel WIDE BOYS NEVER WORK by Robert Westerby and directed by Vernon Sewell (CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR). An example of low budget British noir, efficient but routine. Domergue makes for a deliciously wicked femme fatale but the rest of the cast don't make much of an impression. To his credit, director Sewell manages to imbue the movie with a strong sense of place (London's Soho district), aided by Basil Emmott's (THE LONG HAUL) excellent B&W lensing. With Rona Anderson and Joss Ambler.