Bond Street (1948)
A British portmanteau film based around a bride's dress, veil, pearls and flowers purchased in London's Bond Street.
Of the four stories the second (Pearls) is the standout. It stars Derek Farr, on the run after robbing a jewelery shop who holes up in the Bond Street apartment of sultry prostitute Jean Kent as the police close in. This is a great mini Noir feature, both Farr and Kent are excellent and the story drips with rancid forties sleaze.
The rest of the stories are all watchable especially The Veil which features Kenneth Griffith as a sordid blackmailing husband but it's The Pearls that i really took a shine to.
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