British Crime Cinema

Steve Chibnall,Robert Murphy

• Editorial: Routledge
• Año: 2005
• ISBN:
  9781134702695
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Media & Performing Arts
• Categoría: Film & Video

This is the first substantial study of British cinema's most neglected genre. Bringing together original work from some of the leading writers on British popular film, this book includes interviews with key directors Mike Hodges ( Get Carter ) and Donald Cammel ( Performance ). It discusses an abundance of films including:
* acclaimed recent crime films such as Shallow Grave, Shopping, and Face.
* early classics like They Made Me A Fugitive
* acknowledged classics such as Brighton Rock and The Long Good Friday
* 50s seminal works including The Lavender Hill Mob and The Ladykillers.

Filmography, 1939–1997

Compiled by Andrew Clay and Steve Chibnall, assisted by Sumay Helas and Kevin Waite

The following is a chronological listing of British films featuring the activities of professional criminals as a significant element in a narrative which is

1. set mainly within the period since 1939
2. not primarily comedic in character
3. more than 45 minutes in length

The filmography reflects the book’s focus on representations of a British criminal underworld in which crime is motivated chiefly by the desire for money, and on this basis it excludes espionage thrillers and films about political terrorism. The concern with the ideas of Britishness and the underworld has led us to divide the films into primary and secondary classifications.

The primary filmography is composed of films in which underworld-based crime is a central activity and in which most of the narrative takes place in Britain, but also includes a few marginal texts that might be excluded on one or other of these criteria but which are discussed as crime films in the book. The secondary filmography is composed of films in which crime is a more minor element, takes place abroad or is white collar in character.

Abbreviations

ABPC

Associated British Picture Corporation

B

book

BLPA

British Lion Production Assets

C

characters

(Col.) colour

N

novel

P

play

RS

radio serial

RSs

radio series

S

story

TVP

television play

TVS

television serial

TVSs

television series

Title (Year^1)	Director	Production company (Producer)	Screenwriter (Story)	Leading players	Crime interest
The Mind of Mr Reeder (USA The Mysterious Mr Reeder) (1939)	Jack Raymond	Jack Raymond (Charles Q. Steele)	Bryan Wallace, Marjorie Gaffney, Michael Hogan (N: Edgar Wallace)	Will Fyffe, John Warwick	Forgery
The Spider (1939)	Maurice Elvey	Admiral Wembley (Victor M. Greene)	Kenneth Horne, Reginald Long (N: Henry Holt)	Derrick de Marney, Diana Churchill	Jewel theft
There Ain’t No Justice (1939)	Penrose Tennyson	Ealing (Sergei Nolbandov)	Penrose Tennyson, Sergei Nolbandov, James Curtis (N: James Curtis)	Jimmy Hanley, Edward Chapman	Boxing, racketeering
Too Dangerous to Live (1939)	Anthony Hankey, Leslie Norman	Warner Bros (Jerome Jackson)	Paul Gangelin, Connery Chappell, Leslie Arliss (N: David Hume)	Sebastian Shaw, Greta Gynt	Jewel theft
They Came By Night (1940)	Harry Lachman	Twentieth Century (Edward Black)	Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, Michacl Hogan, Roland Pertwee (P: Barre Lyndon)	Will Fyffe, Phylis Calvert	Jewellery and bullion robbery
Two for Danger (1940)	George King	Warner Bros (A.M. Salomon)	BrockWillia ms, Basil Woon, Hugh Gray (Brock Williams)	Barry K. Barnes, Gret...