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Released from prison after twelve years, a wrongfully convicted British man seeks revenge on the witnesses who lied at his trial.Released from prison after twelve years, a wrongfully convicted British man seeks revenge on the witnesses who lied at his trial.Released from prison after twelve years, a wrongfully convicted British man seeks revenge on the witnesses who lied at his trial.
Michael Martin Harvey
- Jackson
- (as Michael Martin-Harvey)
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- TriviaMany of the houses shown in this movie were demolished soon afterwards.
- GoofsAfter Craig is pushed face first into a muddy hold by Davidson he is next seen with a dirty overcoat but his face and hair are completely spotless.
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This would probably be a 7/10 if not for...
... that annoying cloying dame that takes up way too much space in this film. I'll get back to her later. John Mills plays Philip Davidson, a man wrongly convicted of manslaughter who spends twelve years in prison after three people give false testimony against him. Since one of the people who lied was his fiancee he is understandably bitter. She lied to cover up for her father who was helping a criminal escape, the other two false witnesses lied to save their own hides.
After he gets out, Davidson occupies an abandoned barge where he wants to be alone to plot his revenge. But people keep bothering him. First there is some old man who claims the barge is his and wants Davidson to pay rent. He agrees. But if he paid rent the old man would have to leave him alone and he'd rather pop in on a regular basis and annoy him with cups of tea. Then there is a reporter trying to get a story. And finally, what I mentioned initially, there is this dizzy annoying woman who speaks with some kind of continental accent who tries to be philosophical but is just shrill and grating, claiming she loves Davidson when she barely knows him. She drags down the entire film with her nonsense. Davidson asks her to leave but she keeps finding reasons to prolong out her stay. If Garbo had this much trouble being alone she would have jumped off a bridge at some point. I realize the film is conveying the message of how revenge destroys the humanity of the avenger, but in this inadequate actress they found a poor messenger.
The complicating factor is that Davidson's treacherous former fiancee is married to a police superintendent, and if it is revealed his wife is a perjurer it would mean his career. And there is one final twist I will save for you to discover.
After he gets out, Davidson occupies an abandoned barge where he wants to be alone to plot his revenge. But people keep bothering him. First there is some old man who claims the barge is his and wants Davidson to pay rent. He agrees. But if he paid rent the old man would have to leave him alone and he'd rather pop in on a regular basis and annoy him with cups of tea. Then there is a reporter trying to get a story. And finally, what I mentioned initially, there is this dizzy annoying woman who speaks with some kind of continental accent who tries to be philosophical but is just shrill and grating, claiming she loves Davidson when she barely knows him. She drags down the entire film with her nonsense. Davidson asks her to leave but she keeps finding reasons to prolong out her stay. If Garbo had this much trouble being alone she would have jumped off a bridge at some point. I realize the film is conveying the message of how revenge destroys the humanity of the avenger, but in this inadequate actress they found a poor messenger.
The complicating factor is that Davidson's treacherous former fiancee is married to a police superintendent, and if it is revealed his wife is a perjurer it would mean his career. And there is one final twist I will save for you to discover.
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- Also known as
- Dugo sećanje
- Filming locations
- Gravesend, Kent, England, UK(Queen Street and Granby Road were locations for the two Tim Pewsey residences.)
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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