London in the Raw

Synopsis

London in the Raw (1964) follows a fast-talking guide who escorts viewers through the strip joints, gambling clubs, and backstreet haunts of Soho after dark. As the tour shifts between staged vignettes and documentary observation, the film contrasts titillation with glimpses of loneliness and desperation beneath the neon lights. This British exploitation documentary blends sensationalism and social observation in a portrait of urban vice and spectacle.