Directed by:
Alberto CavalcantiCinematography:
Otto HellerPlots(1)
Trevor Howard is Clem, an ex-serviceman who is drawn to black-marketeering. When his sadistic gang boss betrays him after Clem refuses to deal in drugs, the story takes a brutal, vengeful turn. An atypically grim and uncompromising film for its time. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Sally Gray
UK
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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
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Trevor Howard
UK
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Griffith Jones
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René Ray
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Mary Merrall
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Michael Brennan
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Jack Mcnaughton
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Cyril Smith
UK
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Maurice Denham
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Derek Birch
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Peter Bull
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Sebastian Cabot
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Beatrice Varley
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Sam Kydd
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Vida Hope
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Howard Douglas
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Ballard Berkeley
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