| Soho Incident | |
| Director: | Vernon Sewell |
| Producer: | M. J. Frankovich George Maynard |
| Screenplay: | Ian Stuart Black |
| Based On: | Robert Westerby (based on the novel) ("Wide Boys Never Work") |
| Starring: | Faith Domergue Lee Patterson |
| Music: | Robert Sharples |
| Cinematography: | Basil Emmott |
| Editing: | Peter Rolfe Johnson |
| Studio: | Frankovich Productions |
| Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
| Runtime: | 77 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Soho Incident, released in the United States as Spin a Dark Web, is a 1956 British film noir directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Faith Domergue and Lee Patterson.[1] The screenplay by Ian Stuart Black is based on the 1937 novel Wide Boys Never Work by Robert Westerby.
Jim Bankley a Canadian veteran living in London, is trying without much luck to succeed as a prizefighter. Through an old army buddy, he meets and begins working for the local Sicilian mob leader Rico Francesi. Bankley falls in love with Rico's sister, the vile Bella Francesi; she soon draws him deeper into the gang's activities. When he finds himself pulled into a murder plot, he finally realizes that his lover is only using him and determines to escape the gang – but things are extremely complicated.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A competent and fast-moving gang film, with some excellent location glimpses of Soho by night and day."[2]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Standard thriller of fair pace and good backgrounds."[3]