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Your Favourite British Films Name your favourite British film or make a case for an underrated classic.


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Old 05-08-2005, 09:45 PM
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This is an earlier film noire with John Mills who performs superbly as a man wrongly accused of murdering an woman living in the same lodging house. He is recovering from a recent head injury and is not fully rehabilitated, suffering from headaches and mood swings. The police want to arrest him, but he manages to stay free long enough to find the real murderer, establish his innocence and settle down with the lovely girl who believed in him throughout the ordeal.
I could'nt believe how good this film was an am amazed it is not available on DVD considering it must be one of John Mills' finer performances.
I would recommend it to all Brit Movie fans. I had a Vhs copy which was getting very grainy. I have transferred it to DVD-R but if anyone out there has quality copy I would really love to see it

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Old 05-08-2005, 09:55 PM
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Good call, a very atmospheric thriler and Roy Ward Baker's debut into the bargain. Also interesting to see Edward "Mr. Grimsdale" Chapman in a darker role. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by ANDYG@Aug 5 2005, 09:45 PM
This is an earlier film noire with John Mills who performs superbly as a man wrongly accused of murdering an woman living in the same lodging house. He is recovering from a recent head injury and is not fully rehabilitated, suffering from headaches and mood swings. The police want to arrest him, but he manages to stay free long enough to find the real murderer, establish his innocence and settle down with the lovely girl who believed in him throughout the ordeal.
I could'nt believe how good this film was an am amazed it is not available on DVD considering it must be one of John Mills' finer performances.
I would recommend it to all Brit Movie fans. I had a Vhs copy which was getting very grainy. I have transferred it to DVD-R but if anyone out there has quality copy I would really love to see it

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You're right AndyG, it is a good film and our John Mills played his part as usual. I might watch it again now yo've reminded me!
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It's one of those movies that I first saw as a kid and which still haunts me today.

Incidently, those with very sharp eyes can spot Sid James in a very early role (blink and you'd miss him!)
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Agreed a terrific film, Edward Chapman puts in a terrific performance and this picture is well worth a commercial DVD release. It would nice to see more John Mills films released in tribute to one of Britain's greatest film stars too.
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A lecturer from my old University here in Melbourne teaches a class on Film Noir and screens The October Man each year as the ideal example of Brit Film Noir.

He also has a course on "Melodrama and Modernity in Cinema" and uses Roy Ward Baker as the key focus to develop the points and themes of the class. About 10 of his films are screened, from stricken submarines to lesbain vampires, from Dirk in leather to Gary Merrill on a bender.

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