
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before the trial and if the man is found guilty then Larry will give himself up and prevent an innocent man going to the gallows.... (Full plot summary below)
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After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before the trial and if the man is found guilty then Larry will give himself up and prevent an innocent man going to the gallows.
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| User ReviewTrevor CAn OK film, with an interesting concept. What the hell was up with Leigh, though? |
| User ReviewNick MI finaly had the chans to see this movie. You can really tell the film was made before Vivien's and Larry's international careers took of. It was originally made in 1938 but wasn't shown in theater until 1940. By then both Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh had succeeded in Hollywood and ended up walking out of the movie theater during its premiere. They weren't pleased with the film. |
| User ReviewTeremoana LA very minor film by British studio director Basil Dean most notable for its pairing of acting couple powerhouse Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, who do their best with the weak script they're given. There's a good short film in here somewhere, but even at its modest runtime of about seventy-five minutes this movie moves along at a glacial pace. It's main issue is that it begins as dramatically as it ever reaches, and so after the initial shock of the murder and Olivier's implication in it, there is never any real gripping drama left in the story. Dean's directorial style is pretty good if very restrained, and after awhile the lack of visual energy combined with the story's stalls stop the film almost completely. Disappointingly, this script was written by Graham Greene, who is usually quite good at penning these kinds of murder mysteries. Even Leigh's typically crackling acting isn't enough to save this one from sinking. |