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For Them That Trespass
+ intro by Josephine Botting, BFI National Archive Curator
A noirish British drama starring Richard Todd as a man wrongly convicted of murder.
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Director
Alberto Cavalcanti
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With
Richard Todd, Patricia Plunkett, Rosamund Boulter, Stephen Murray
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UK 1949. 95min
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35mm A BFI National Archive print
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Certificate
PG
Cavalcanti possessed a remarkable ability to create a broad, sweeping narrative while focusing on the dark and dingy details within it, as this adaptation of Ernest Raymond’s noirish novel attests. Imprisoned due to a miscarriage of justice, Herb Logan emerges embittered from a lengthy sentence and resolves to clear his name. His determination to unmask the murderer leads him into danger in both the urban underworld and the middle-class milieu of a country-dwelling author. Newcomer Richard Todd impresses alongside strong supporting players, including James Hayter and a particularly poignant Vida Hope.
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