West 11 (1963)

  • NR
  • 10/08/1963 (GB)
  • Drama, Crime
  • 1h 33m

The passion, the vices, the violence of the London district known as West 11

Overview

Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of modest, respectable parents and, to use his own description, 'an emotional leper'. He decides that he needs a violent shock to shake him back into life, and as a result accepts a commission to carry out the murder of a total stranger for a man he meets in a coffee bar...

Michael Winner

Director

Willis Hall

Writer

Keith Waterhouse

Writer

Cast

Alfred Lynch's headshot

Alfred Lynch

Joe Beckett
Kathleen Breck's headshot

Kathleen Breck

Ilsa Barnes
Eric Portman's headshot

Eric Portman

Richard Dyce
Diana Dors's headshot

Diana Dors

Georgia
Kathleen Harrison's headshot

Kathleen Harrison

Mrs. Beckett
Freda Jackson's headshot

Freda Jackson

Mrs. Hartley
Finlay Currie's headshot

Finlay Currie

Gash
Marie Ney's headshot

Marie Ney

Mildred Dyce

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