Cosh Boy

Cosh Boy (1953)

WILD... WAYWARD... HELL-BENT!

Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.

Date of release
1953-02-01
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Lewis Gilbert

Casting

Interesting facts

Cosh Boy is a 1953 British film noir directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring James Kenney and Joan Collins. It was written by Gilbert and Vernon Harris based on the play Master Crook by Bruce Walker. It was made at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.

Production

The film was based on the play Master Crook by Bruce Walker which had been originally titled Cosh Boy. It debuted at the Embassy in 1951 starring James Kenney. The Spectator said "its rough, crude taste is shockingly welcome" and praised the third act for its "highly unpleasant, undeniably effective, melodramatic tension." Variety called it "a strong piece of melodrama."

The film was financed by the Woolf Brothers.

Joan Collins called it "a shop girl’s melodrama and the public loved it. I enjoyed working with Jimmy and all the other young actors. The director, Lewis Gilbert, was adorable to me, and good to work with."

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