- The Crooked Mile - Part 7
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- 10 Reasons to salute The Crooked Mile
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- 1. Peter Wildeblood's libretto
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- 2. Peter Greenwell's music
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- 3. Gordon Langford's orchestration
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- 4. Its place as one of the 'Soho' musicals of the 1950s;
probably the best
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- 5. Its throwaway but telling treatment of the 'colour'
question
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- 6. Its attitude to prostitution
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- 7. Its lack of romance
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- 8. Its attitude to prison life
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- 9. Its importance in the careers of its leading players
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- 10. Bubble cars
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