Soho Bites 49: Noose (1948)

Spiv Noir. According to the billing, the stars of 1948's Noose (known as The Silk Noose in the US) are Carole Landis , Joseph Calleia & Derek Farr , but the real star of the film is Nigel Patrick who is cast against type as Bar Gorman, a sharply dressed, fast talking spiv. Set firmly in Soho, it tells the story of how the police, the press & a group of normal citizens, try to loosen the choke-hold…