“Gordon Hines paints a gritty portrait of post-war London, but it’s really the stymied sexual tension between Cameron and Shaw which allows Pool of London its key interests.”
Everything changes for two sailors on shore leave when they inadvertently become caught up in a crime as murky as the great Thames itself. For one of them, Johnny (Earl Cameron), life is further complicated when he falls in love with Pat, a local ticket seller, forming one of the first interracial relationships in British film. Basil Dearden’s use of actual locations bring post-war London to life in a film that thrillingly blends heist drama with social commentary.
