Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. When a corpse turns up at black market front The Blue Moon Club, Yank reporter Carole Landis starts snooping, much to gang boss Joseph Calleia’s annoyance. And soon there’s a hit man on the way...
Acting
Landis weaponizes charm as investigative fuel
Production
Bombed-out London locations add authentic desperation
Director
Edmond T. Gréville
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Carole Landis, a genuine WWII entertainer, died by suicide the same year this film released in America—lending unintended weight to her war-weary performance.
Gréville's French eye catches British class anxiety that native directors often missed; the gym boys versus club elites mirrors real postwar labor tensions.
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