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London Belongs To Me
(1948)
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Alastair Sim, Richard Attenborough, Joyce Carey and Fay Compton head an all-star cast in this classic British comedy crime drama set in pre-war London and produced by the acclaimed team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. Christmas Eve, 1938. The lives of all those living in a rooming house in Dulcimer Street, South London are about to change forever. Young Percy Boon (Richard Attenborough) from upstairs takes his first step towards a life of crime.and down-on-his-luck fraudulent medium Henry Squales (Alastair Sim) arrives to take the basement room. The people who live in 10 Dulcimer Street are all very different - but when Percy's criminal career ends in tragedy and he is sent to the gallows, they rally together as Londoners to try and get true justice. |
Radio Times
Richard Attenborough as the mechanic charged with murder might be the central character in this Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat production, but the film belongs fairly and squarely to Alastair Sim. As the fake medium desperately trying to dupe Joyce Carey into marriage, he is hilariously sinister, and the scenes can't pass quickly enough before he's back on the screen. For once, the US title, Dulcimer Street, is probably more apposite, as this is one of those sentimentalised “strength in the community” pictures that postwar British cinema was so fond of. No one in the ensemble cast puts a foot wrong, with Wylie Watson and Fay Compton particularly impressive.
Halliwell's Film Guide
Unconvincing but highly entertaining sub-Dickensian comedy-drama with a rousing finish and an abundance of character roles.
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