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Night Beat is a 1947 British Brit-noir, crime thriller drama film directed by Harold Huth and starring Anne Crawford, Maxwell Reed, Ronald Howard, Hector Ross, Christine Norden and Sid James. Following the Second World War, two comrades go their separate ways; one joins the Metropolitan Police while the other begins a police career but becomes a racketeer in post-war London.[2]Sky Movies described the film as a "British thriller that examines a challenging issue of its times: the problems encountered by servicemen when trying to adjust to civilian life."[3]

Night Beat
Song sheet tie-in with Christine Norden
Directed by	Harold Huth
Written by	Guy Morgan T. J. Morrison
Produced by	Harold Huth
Starring	Anne Crawford Maxwell Reed Ronald Howard Hector Ross Christine Norden
Cinematography	Václav Vích
Edited by	Grace Garland
Music by	Benjamin Frankel
Production companies	Harold Huth Productions British Lion Films
Distributed by	British Lion Film Corporation (UK)
Release date	15 January 1948 (1948-01-15) (UK)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£153,438 (UK)[1]

Cast

• Anne Crawford as Julie Kendall
• Maxwell Reed as Felix Fenton
• Ronald Howard as Andy Kendall
• Christine Norden as Jackie
• Hector Ross as Don Brady
• Fred Groves as PC Kendall
• Sid James as Nixon (as Sidney James)
• Nicholas Stuart as Rocky
• Frederick Leister as Magistrate
• Michael Medwin as Spider
• Robert Cawdron as Police recruit
• Robert Raglan as Detective Sergeant (uncredited)

Critical reception

The Radio Times wrote, "a relishably bad British crime drama set in an unreal Soho underworld of spivs and nightclubs. It's a compendium of clichés...Benjamin Frankel's score is better than the film deserves."[4] Allmovie wrote, "though its starts out strong, Night Beat metamorphoses into standard melodramatics towards the end."[5] Britmovie wrote, "fast-paced British crime melodrama...The two lead actors are particularly wooden and it’s left to the supporting cast to add some lowlife colour; particularly Maxwell Reed’s smug villain, Christine Norden as the vampish blonde, Sid James piano playing snout and a brief appearance by Michael Medwin as an indignant petty crook."[6]

References

External links

• Night Beat at IMDb

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