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Street Corner is a 1953 British drama film. It was written by Muriel and Sydney Box and directed by Muriel. It was marketed as Both Sides of the Law in the United States. While not quite a documentary, the film depicts the daily routine of women in the police force from three different angles. It was conceived as a female version of the 1950 film The Blue Lamp.[2]

Street Corner
Directed by	Muriel Box
Written by	Muriel Box Sydney Box
Produced by	Sydney Box William MacQuitty
Starring	Peggy Cummins Terence Morgan Anne Crawford Rosamund John Barbara Murray
Cinematography	Reginald Wyer
Edited by	Jean Barker
Music by	Temple Abady
Production company	London Independent Producers
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	17 March 1953
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£49,000 (by 1953)[1]

It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location around London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.

Plot

The three plotlines comprise a female army deserter guilty of bigamy, a toddler neglected and beaten by its stepmother and an 18-year-old married mother who's caught shoplifting and gets involved with a jewel thief. The film climaxes in a police dog attack on a criminal.

Cast

• Peggy Cummins as Bridget Foster
• Terence Morgan as Ray
• Anne Crawford as Susan
• Rosamund John as Sergeant Pauline Ramsey
• Barbara Murray as WPC Lucy
• Sarah Lawson as Joyce
• Ronald Howard as David Evans
• Eleanor Summerfield as Edna Hurran
• Michael Medwin as Chick Farrar
• Charles Victor as Muller
• Anthony Oliver as Stanley Foster
• Harold Lang as Len
• Dora Bryan as Prostitute
• Eunice Gayson as Janet
• Michael Hordern as D.I. Heron
• Maurice Denham as Mr Dawson
• Yvonne Marsh as Elsa
• Isabel George as Helen
• Nelly Arno as woman customer[3]
• Dandy Nichols as Mrs. Furness - Neighbour (uncredited)

Critical reception

The Movie Review Warehouse said of Muriel Box's direction, "she doesn’t do anything terribly innovative with the camera but she does know how to tell a story effectively, which is often a rarer skill in the film world."[4]

References

Bibliography

• Harper, Sue and Porter, Vincent. British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press, 2007.

External links

• Street Corner at IMDb

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