Rent River Beat (1954)
3.4 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 7min
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- Synopsis:
- This film was the first directorial role for Academy Award Winning Director Guy Green OBE BSC. In this 1954 Insigna Production, full of gritty London Locations, Judy (Phyllis Kirk) is a radio operator aboard an American ship, who is duped into smuggling diamonds. Held by customs, Judy is in further trouble as the man who duped her is found dead in the river. Detective Inspector Dan Barker (John Bentley) helps Judy by tracing the receiver of the diamonds.
- Actors:
- John Bentley, Phyllis Kirk, Leonard White, Glyn Houston, Patrick Jordan, Robert Ayres, Ewan Roberts, David Hurst, Charles Lloyd-Pack, Isabel George, Margaret Anderson, Harold Ayer, Tony Hilton, Colin Douglas, Bill Nagy, Michael Browning, Michael Balfour, Peter Collingwood
- Directors:
- Guy Green
- Producers:
- Herman Cohen, Victor Hanbury
- Writers:
- Rex Rienits
- Studio:
- Renown Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
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Reviews (1) of River Beat
Choppy. - River Beat review by NC
The dialogue is dire. The performers do enough - just. Its saving grace is a reasonable story played at a ripping pace. At just over an hour it shouldn't sag, and once the clumsy introductions to the characters is done, you'll probably stay for the ride, albeit cringing every few minutes at the lines. Locations, around the docks of London, also lift it away from the run-of-the-mill. Quite good, nothing more.
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