upcScavenger » 1950 Films » Wiki: Soho Conspiracy

Soho Conspiracy

( 1950 Films )

Premise
Production
Cast
Critical reception
References
External links

C O N T E N T S

Drama Film Films Musical

Rank: 100%

Wiki
Comments
Media

Soho Conspiracy is a 1950 British B movie

(2026). 9781844573196, BFI/Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781844573196

Musical film drama film directed by Cecil H. Williamson and starring Jacques Labrecque, Zena Marshall and Peter Gawthorne. It was written by Ralph Dawson, Williamson, Mario Monicelli and Stefano Vanzina.

Premise

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

Production

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

Cast

Zena Marshall as Dora
Jacques Labrecque as Carlo Scala
Peter Gawthorne as Father Shaney
John Witty as Guy
Max Harrison as Gondotti brother
Syd Harrison as Gondotti brother
Gino Bechi as himself
Beniamino Gigli as himself
Tito Gobbi as himself
Tito Schipa as himself

Critical reception

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."

The Daily Film Renter wrote: "A curious mixture, lavishly produced, of melodrama and slapstick, in which the comedy is more easily followed than the story itself."

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Cut-price film 'borrows' wholesale from earlier movies for its distinguished 'guest stars'"

David Quinlan (1984). 9780713418743, Batsford Books. ISBN 9780713418743

External links