Time Without Pity
- 1957
- 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total
Ernest Clark
- Under-Secretary, Home Office
- (as Ernest Clarke)
- Director
- Writers
- Ben Barzman
- Emlyn Williams(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough this is an adaptation of Emlyn Williams' play "Someone Waiting", and referred to as such in many reference books and in interviews with director Joseph Losey, the play and its author are uncredited in the movie's opening title sequence. It is a very loose adaptation, with no character names retained from the original, and is set very specifically before one leading character is due to be executed for murder; it was seen by Losey as a polemic against capital punishment, whereas the play (set several months after an execution) is simply a suspense thriller. It may be that Emlyn Williams had his name removed as a protest against changes made to his original.
- GoofsThe camera crew is reflected in the door of Clayton's car as it pulls up at the prison with Graham.
- Quotes
David Graham: What did Alec say about me?
Brian Stanford: I got the impression you were about to write the greatest novel ever written. Did you?
David Graham: In common with quite a lot of other writers... I had been about to write it for a very long time.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Tea With the Dames (2018)
- SoundtracksSilent Night
(uncredited)
Written by Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr
Played in the pub, in a jazzed-up tempo
Featured review
Relentless Thriller
This Emlyn Williams play about the relentless search for truth intertwines craftily in and out of the lives of some very imperfect human beings and builds to a surprising but inevitable ending.
Redgrave, McKern, Todd, Plowright, Maxwell, Daneman and the rest of the cast all do well to bring this gritty black and white puzzle into focus. The son played by Alec McGowen was a bit over-the-top at times but then his character's madness required that.
It's not a masterpiece...but I don't expect there are too many of those around. But what it does provide in dramatic tension elicits interest and compassion from the viewer until the very end.
The Tristram Cary music must be cited here for its unflinching power to shake us up and take notice of the action on the screen. If there is any masterful work here it is the music.
The only qualm was the less-than-satisfying editing which tended to bring the down the tension-building instead of heightening it.
Yes, it was a low-budget movie...it's a cop-out to say that in view of the fine acting of the magnificent cast which redeemed it many times over.
I'd recommend this to fans of film-noir, classic thrillers, mysteries and the British cinema.
Redgrave, McKern, Todd, Plowright, Maxwell, Daneman and the rest of the cast all do well to bring this gritty black and white puzzle into focus. The son played by Alec McGowen was a bit over-the-top at times but then his character's madness required that.
It's not a masterpiece...but I don't expect there are too many of those around. But what it does provide in dramatic tension elicits interest and compassion from the viewer until the very end.
The Tristram Cary music must be cited here for its unflinching power to shake us up and take notice of the action on the screen. If there is any masterful work here it is the music.
The only qualm was the less-than-satisfying editing which tended to bring the down the tension-building instead of heightening it.
Yes, it was a low-budget movie...it's a cop-out to say that in view of the fine acting of the magnificent cast which redeemed it many times over.
I'd recommend this to fans of film-noir, classic thrillers, mysteries and the British cinema.
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- Mar 29, 2002
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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