Pool of London (film)

Pool of London
Pool of London
	Original British quad format film poster
Directed by	Basil Dearden
Screenplay by	Jack Whittingham; John Eldridge
Produced by	Michael Balcon; Michael Relph (associate producer)
Starring	Bonar Colleano; Earl Cameron; Susan Shaw
Cinematography	Gordon Dines
Edited by	Peter Tanner
Music by	John Addison
Production; company	Ealing Studios
Distributed by	GFD (UK)
Release date	22 February 1951 (UK);
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£130,000 or $392,000 (UK); $40,000 (US)

Pool of London is a 1951 British noir^[5] crime film directed by Basil Dearden.^[6] It stars Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron (in his breakthrough role) and Susan Shaw.^[7]^[8] Set in post-war London, the film is of note for portraying the first interracial relationship in a British film.^[9]

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^ Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of The 1950s The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press USA. p. 285.
^ "John Davis Cites Cases". Variety. 17 November 1954. p. 8.
^ "John Davis Cites Cases". Variety. 17 November 1954. p. 8.
^ tasteofcinema.com
^ Brooks, Xan (8 August 2017). "'I've not retired!' Earl Cameron, Britain's first black film star, on Bond, racism – and turning 100". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
^ "Pool of London". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "Pool of London (1951)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ BFI Screenonline: Pool of London Linked 2015-06-08