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Scarlet Thread
1951
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See it on the shelfTale of Cambridge college exploits of two smash-and-grab thieves on the run.
★ 5.2/10 · 8 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Kathleen ByronJosephine
Laurence HarveyFreddie
Sydney TaflerMarcon
Arthur HillShaw
Dora BryanMaggie
Eliot MakehamJason
Harry FowlerSam
Cyril ChamberlainMason

Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
dennyjt: Minor crime pic with Harvey as a cockney pickpocket and Tafler as scheming posh crook! They pull an old fashioned smash and grab,… Read full review
CinemaSerf: There are two things memorable about this crime drama. The first is Laurence Harvey's hair - two or three tubs of Brylcream? The… Read full review
