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Directed by | Ken Hughes |
Produced by | William H. Williams executive Nat Cohen Stuart Levy |
Written by | William Fairchild (uncredited) |
Based on | an original story by Rex Rienits |
Starring |
Susan Shaw Sydney Tafler Ronald Howard |
Music by | Eric Spear |
Cinematography | Josef Ambor |
Edited by | Geoffrey Muller |
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Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated (UK) |
Release date
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April 1952 |
Running time
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67 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Wide Boy is a 1952 British crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Susan Shaw, Sydney Tafler and Ronald Howard.
It was Hughes' feature directorial debut.
Black marketeer Benny winds up blackmailing a surgeon.
The story was by Rex Rienits who used it for a radio play and a novel.The radio play was meant to be broadcast in 1952 but this was delayed due to concerns by the BBC about its subject matter.
The story was adapted for Australian TV in the TV play Bodgie (1959), where it was relocated to an Australian setting.