Directed by:
Compton BennettCinematography:
Reginald H. WyerComposer:
Benjamin FrankelCast:
Ann Todd, Eric Portman, Maxwell Reed, Bill Owen, Jane Hylton, Maurice Denham, Garry Marsh, Andrew Crawford, John TurnbullPlots(1)
Eddie, who works as a hangman under an assumed name, conceals this other job when he gets married and sets up home with his girl on a barge in the river Thames where he directs a barge business. Tragedy strikes when his assistant, Olaf, tries to seduce his wife and after a fight between the two men, the hangman is presumed drowned. The woman commits suicide and Olaf is sentenced to hang. (San Sebastian International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Ann Todd
UK
Best movies:
Taste of Fear (1961)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
The Passionate Friends (1949)
Eric Portman
UK
Best movies:
Freud (1962)
The Bedford Incident (1965)
The Magic Box (1951)
Maxwell Reed
Ireland
Best movies:
The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Sea Devils (1953)
Helen of Troy (1956)
Bill Owen
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Georgy Girl (1966)
Jane Hylton
UK
Best movies:
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
The Wild Geese (1978)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Maurice Denham
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Oliver Twist (1948)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Garry Marsh
UK
Best movies:
The Magic Box (1951)
Dead of Night (1945)
Number Seventeen (1932)
Andrew Crawford
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
One Wild Oat (1951)
Bitter Victory (1957)
John Turnbull
UK
Best movies:
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933)