Title from sell sheet. James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Dan O'herlihy, Kathleen Ryan. Based on the novel by F.L. Green. Originally released as a motion picture in 1947. Full screen (1:37:1). Special features: Postwar poetry (a new short documentary about the film); interviews with John Hill, Jeff Smith & William Alwyn; Home, James (a 1972 documentary featuring actor James Mason revisiting his hometown); radio adaptation of the film from 1952; essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.
Summary:
Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, Carol Reedâ‚‚s psychological noir, set in an unnamed Belfast, stars James Mason (Lolita) as a revolutionary ex-con leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while the woman he loves (Kathleen Ryan) searches for him among the shadows.
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