There’s an evening street scene in Vernon Sewell’s Soho Incident (US: Spin a Dark Web) in which boxer Jim Bankley (Lee Patterson) passes a theater marquee promoting This is Cinerama, a milestone 1952 documentary film that debuted a new widescreen format intended to help jolt Hollywood out of its economic doldrums. Like Cinerama, Bella Francesci (Faith Domergue) is a shiny new toy whose sober beauty attracts Bankley into not only her own web but that of her Sicilian gangster brother Rico (Martin Benson). Bankley is soon trapped in a murder plot and can’t get out of it as Bella takes a dive in the crazy pool. The film is uneven in terms of performances and the script (“You don’t leave me! Nobody leaves me!”), but its story, despite a lack of originality, will entertain most noir fans. Rona Anderson is on hand as Bankley’s good-girl companion Betty, who waits patiently for his criminal escapade to run its course.
By Michael Bayer
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