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High Treason

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High Treason - 1951 | 93mins | Drama, Crime | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Roy Boulting.
Producer: Paul Soskin.
Script: Roy Boulting and Frank Harvey.
Cinematography: Gilbert Taylor.
Film Editing: Max Benedict.
Set Decoration: Alex Vetchinsky.
Sound Department: Gordon K. McCallum.
Original music: John Addison.

The Cast

Liam Redmond - Cdr. Robert Brennan
André Morell - Superintendent Folland
Anthony Bushell - Major Elliott
Kenneth Griffith - Jimmy Ellis
Patric Doonan - George Ellis
Joan Hickson - Mrs. Ellis
Anthony Nicholls - Grant Mansfield
Mary Morris - Anna Braun
Geoffrey Keen - Morgan Williams

Plot Synopsis

Sabotage hits the London docks by communist’s intent on crippling the British economy and enabling subversive forces to undermine the government. The police suspect a foreman, he appeals to his secret co-conspirators for help, but they kill him off. The police track the saboteurs to a London business college, and suspect an MP might be involved. They are, however, unaware of the saboteurs plans to blow up the country’s major power stations until one of their group, shocked by the foreman’s murder, squeals. The film culminates in a gun battle at Battersea power station.