
Three Steps to the Gallows
Three Steps to the Gallows is a 1953 British second feature crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Scott Brady, Mary Castle and Gabrielle Brune. It was written by Paul Erickson and Gilling, and released in the US by Lippert Pictures as White Fire.
Plot
An American merchant ship officer on shore leave in London learns that his brother is about to be hanged in three days and sets out to prove his innocence against an organised smuggling gang based in a nightclub. His plight becomes increasingly tense in the face of double crosses and bad decisions in a race against time.
Cast
More details
author | Paul Erickson |
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contentLocation | London |
director | John Gilling |
editor | Margery Saunders |
genre | crime |
keywords | double cross race against time shore leave smuggle |
musicBy | Stanley Black |
producer | Monty Berman Robert S. Baker |
productionCompany | Tempean Films |
publisher | Eros Films Lippert Pictures |