Pool of London
Pool of London
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Pool of London

DirectorBasil Dearden

“A drama of the river underworld”

6.6 / 10 · 37 votes
NR
1951
1h 25m
CrimeDramaThriller

Merchant sailor Dan MacDonald has a lucrative sideline in smuggling black market goods ashore. While docked in London, MacDonald and his best friend, Johnny Lambert, get mixed up with a gang of ruthless jewel thieves, who hire MacDonald to smuggle their loot out of the country. Complications arise when Johnny falls for a charming but pernicious young woman named Pat, and is falsely charged with murder.

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