13 East Street

1952 British crime film April 2022 13 East Street 13 East Street.jpg Robert S. Baker Monty BermanRobert S. Baker John GillingCarl NystromRobert S. Baker Patrick HoltSandra DorneSonia Holm John Lanchbery Monty Berman Gerald Landau Tempean Films Eros Films 1952 03 72 minutes United Kingdom English 13 East Street is a 1952 British second feature ('B')Chibnall Steve The British 'B' Film McFarlane Brian BFI/Bloomsbury 2009 978-1-8445-7319-6 London 85 crime thriller film directed by Robert S. Baker and starring Patrick Holt, Sandra Dorne and Sonia Holm.13 East Street https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150054913 24 October 2024 British Film Institute Collections SearchMackillop Ian British Cinema of the 1950s: A Celebration. Sinyard Neil Manchester University Press 2018 180 It was written by John Gilling, Carl Nystrom and Baker and produced by Tempean Films. Plot In order to break up a gang trading in stolen goods, a Scotland Yard detective assumes the identity of a criminal and goes undercover. He robs a jewellery shop and is sentenced to prison so that he can gain the confidence of the gang's leaders and infiltrate their organisation. Cast Patrick Holt as Insp. Gerald Blake Sandra Dorne as Judy Sonia Holm as Joan Blake Robert Ayres as Larry Conn Dora Bryan as Valerie Michael Balfour as Joey Long Hector MacGregor as Supt. Duncan Michael Brennan as George Mack Alan Judd as Sgt. Follett Michael Ward as barman Alan Gordon as Murray Harry Towb as Ray Frank Forsyth as prison officer Edward Evans as van driver Charles Paton as jeweller Barry MacGregor as boy with football Andreas Malandrinos as cafe owner Production The film was shot at Twickenham Studios with some location shooting around London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. Reception The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A definite, and quite successful, attempt has been made to emulate the undercover man tradition of the F.B.I. Substitute a London location for any such American film, and you surely arrive at 13 East Street. Conventionally, but adequately, plotted and executed."1 January 1952 13 East Street https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305818482 The Monthly Film Bulletin 19 216 54 subscription 1305818482 Kine Weekly wrote: "The picture has one or two loose ends and a few careless technical faults, but otherwise it's spirited and exciting pulp fiction. The principal players set a good pace and there is just enough sex to colour its rugged, if familiar, rough stuff."6 March 1952 13 East Street https://www.proquest.com/docview/2732588347 Kine Weekly 420 2332 28 subscription 2732588347 Picture Show wrote: "There is plenty of action, it is agreeably acted and authentic London backgrounds lend interest."28 June 1952 13 East Street https://www.proquest.com/docview/1879607802 Picture Show 58 1526 10 subscription 179607802 Picturegoer wrote: "Lively and workmanlike thriller, with well-sustained tension and plenty of suspense. ... In a fast-moving climax, a chase over rooftops is particularly exciting. Backgrounds and characterizations are right in key, while competent acting makes the best of the tale. ... Modest, but satisfying."7 July 1952 13 East Street https://www.proquest.com/docview/1705151924 Picturegoer 24 17 subscription 1705151924 In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Conventional crime 'B' with good chase climax."Quinlan David British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1984 0-7134-1874-5 London 386 References External links 0149555 Category:1952 films Category:1952 crime thriller films Category:1952 English-language films Category:British crime thriller films Category:Films directed by Robert S. Baker Category:Films set in London Category:Films shot in London Category:Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios Category:1952 British films Category:English-language crime thriller films