DANCING WITH CRIME is an early potboiler starring Richard Attenborough, playing a young and tiny taxi driver who becomes involved with a criminal gang when his best buddy from his army days is killed. It's a cheap affair, made directly in the post-war effort, that features a couple of lacklustre fight scenes and a mildly engaging plot. The female cast members come off better than the male, although there's enough familiar faces on display to keep you watching. It's amusing to see Bill Owen (credited as Bill Rowbotham) as a slick spiv type, while there are bit parts for pre-stardom Diana Dors and Dirk Bogarde, as well as later CARRY ON staple Cyril Chamberlain playing a heavy. Truth be told, however, that this kind of story was done a lot better elsewhere, and Attenborough is rather miscast.
Review of Dancing with Crime
