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''Three Steps to the Gallows'', released in the United States as ''White Fire'', is a 1953 British
crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by John Gilling and starring Scott Brady, Mary Castle and Gabrielle Brune. The film, essentially a British second feature, is enhanced by the attractive American leads.


Premise

An American merchant ship officer on shore leave in London learns that his brother is about to be hanged in three days and sets out to prove his innocence against an organised smuggling gang based in a nightclub. His plight becomes increasingly tense in the face of double crosses and bad decisions in a race against time.


Partial cast

* Scott Brady - Gregor Stevens * Mary Castle - Yvonne Durante * Gabrielle Brune - Lorna Dryhurst * Ferdy Mayne - Mario Sartago * Colin Tapley - Arnold Winslow * John Blythe - Dave Leary * Michael Balfour - Carter * Lloyd Lamble - James Smith * Julian Somers – John Durante *
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- Desk clerk * Ronald Leigh-Hunt - Captain Adams * Dennis Chinnery - Bill


References


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* 1953 films British crime films 1953 crime films Films directed by John Gilling Films shot in London Films set in London British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-UK-film-stub