The October Man (1947)
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
- Data de estreia
- 1947-08-28
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (25)
- Duração
- 1 h 35 min
- Géneros
- Mistério, Thriller
- Realizador
- Roy Ward Baker
Elenco
- John Mills — Jim Ackland
- Joan Greenwood — Jenny Carden
- Edward Chapman — Mr. Peachy
- Kay Walsh — Molly Newman
- Joyce Carey — Mrs. Vinton
- Catherine Lacey — Miss Selby
- Adrianne Allen — Joyce Carden
- Felix Aylmer — Dr. Martin
- Frederick Piper — Det. Insp. Godby
- John Boxer — Det. Sgt. Troth
- Patrick Holt — Harry Carden
- George Benson — Mr. Pope
Curiosidades
The October Man is a 1947 mystery film/film noir starring John Mills and Joan Greenwood, written by novelist Eric Ambler, who also produced. A man is suspected of murder, and the lingering effects of a brain injury he sustained in an earlier accident, as well as an intensive police investigation, make him begin to doubt whether he is innocent.
Production
Director Roy Ward Baker was an assistant director for Alfred Hitchcock on The Lady Vanishes (1938), while cinematographer Erwin Hillier had photographed Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's I Know Where I'm Going (1945). The film was made at Denham Studios in Buckinghamshire, England, and location shooting was done at Paddington Station in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky.
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