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The Large Rope (1953)

The Large Rope poster
Directed by
Wolf Rilla
Genre
drama, thriller, crime, mystery
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets involved in a blackmail scheme that goes wrong. The police investigate and the criminals face the consequences.

tensesuspensefulgrittylow-budgetbritish1950scrimestraightforward

What happens

The Large Rope (also known as The Long Rope) is a 1953 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Donald Houston, Susan Shaw and Robert Brown. It was written by Ted Willis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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