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Soho Conspiracy

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Soho Conspiracy
Directed byCecil H. Williamson
Written byRalph Dawson
Cecil H. Williamson
Mario Monicelli
Stefano Vanzina
Produced byEdwin J. Fancey
StarringZena Marshall
Jacques Labrecque
Peter Gawthorne
John Witty
CinematographyRay Densham
Music byFelice Montagnini
Production
company
Distributed byDUK
Release date
  • October 1950 (1950-10)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Soho Conspiracy is a 1950 British 'B'[1] musical drama film directed by Cecil H. Williamson and starring Jacques Labrecque, Zena Marshall and Peter Gawthorne.[2]

Premise

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A young man attempts to stage a charity concert in order to raise funds to refurbish a Soho church.

Production

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The film incorporates footage from the 1948 Italian film Mad About Opera (Follie per l'opera) for the climactic concert performance.[1]

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Gay but amateurish film, whose main virtue is the singing by the Italian stars; this, however, appears to have been contrived by the wholesale lifting of excerpts from other (unnamed) films."[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "Soho Conspiracy". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Soho Conspiracy". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 17 (193): 174. 1 January 1950 – via ProQuest.
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