''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
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Scott Brady - Gregor Stevens
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Mary Castle - Yvonne Durante
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Gabrielle Brune - Lorna Dryhurst
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Ferdy Mayne - Mario Sartago
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Colin Tapley - Arnold Winslow
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John Blythe - Dave Leary
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Michael Balfour - Carter
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Lloyd Lamble - James Smith
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Julian Somers – John Durante
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Ballard Berkeley
Ballard Blascheck (6 August 1904 – 16 January 1988), known professionally as Ballard Berkeley, was an English actor of stage and screen. He is best remembered for playing Major Gowen in the British television sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''.
Life an ...
- Inspector Haley
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Ronan O'Casey - Crawson
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Johnnie Schofield - Charley
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Paul Erickson - Larry Stevens
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Hal Osmond
Hal Osmond (27 May 1903 – December 1959) was a British stage, film and television actor. He played Anselm in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' episode "Errand of Mercy" (1956).
Selected filmography
* '' Once Upon a Dream'' (1949)
* ''Vote for H ...
- Desk clerk
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Ronald Leigh-Hunt - Captain Adams
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Dennis Chinnery - Bill
References
External links
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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
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