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Wide Boy is a 1952 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Susan Shaw, Sydney Tafler and Ronald Howard. It was Hughes' feature directorial debut. He later called it "pretty terrible".
Wide Boy: Directed by Ken Hughes. With Sydney Tafler, Susan Shaw, Melissa Stribling, Colin Tapley. Benny steals Caroline's purse and finds a letter revealing her affair with married surgeon Mannering. Benny blackmails them, leading to murder.
- (184)
- Crime, Drama
- Ken Hughes
- 1952-12
In Ken Hughes’s simple, compact, gripping noir, Wide Boy, the title character isn’t the widest boy of the bunch but lucks out when he stumbles upon a neglected purse in a bar and finds a potential goldmine inside.
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Jul 6, 2015 · The feature-length directorial debut of BAFTA nominee Ken Hughes, this acclaimed, post-war crime drama is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Benny has never made the big time.
- (36)
- Crime , Drama
- PAL
- English
Benny steals a purse and discovers a compromising letter in it from a wealthy, married surgeon. Benny starts a blackmail campaign that leads to murder.
Benny makes a precarious living selling black market nylons, but soon finds himself involved in blackmail. Show full synopsis. Wide Boy is a late edition to the post-war 'spiv' cycle, which had articulated a mood of cynicism and disillusion that counter pointed Labour's New Jerusalem.
