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Scarlet Thread
From Nettlefold Films
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Tale of Cambridge college exploits of two smash-and-grab thieves on the run.
Cast & crew
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Kathleen Byron
Laurence Harvey
Sydney Tafler
Arthur Hill
Dora Bryan
Eliot Makeham
Harry Fowler
Cyril ChamberlainSimilar titles
Reviews · from TMDB members
dennyjtDec 7, 2022
Minor crime pic with Harvey as a cockney pickpocket and Tafler as scheming posh crook! They pull an old fashioned smash and grab, then flee to Cambridge, for dull second half. Some interesting location footage of the West End.
CinemaSerfFeb 12, 2023
There are two things memorable about this crime drama. The first is Laurence Harvey's hair - two or three tubs of Brylcream? The second is - as always - Kathleen Byron's eyes. She can smile all she likes but those eyes always look they are about to impale you, violently, on a nearby rusty nail! Actually, as this film unfolds it proves distinctly possible that the former may well end up a victim of the latter as he and his partner-in-crime "Marcon" (Sydney Tafler) take refuge… Read more
at her stately pile whilst on the run from the police. Harvey ("Freddie") is a cocky young man who panics during a jewel robbery and he kills an innocent man. Now the two must flee the pursuing constabulary and slowly but surely begin to mistrust one another - a situation that comes to an head as Miss Byron ("Josephine") discovers the identity of their victim. Lewis Gilbert assembles a decent supporting cast - Dora Bryan and Tafler's regular screen pal Harry Fowler to keep this rather less predictable and more interesting than many of the genre. There is a bit of scope for characterisation and the story has a twist at the end that adds a certain element of just desserts too. Rarely seen nowadays, but worth a watch.